12/20/2024 – Last weekend, the Swedish Chess Federation organised a major rapid chess open in Malmö, in which around 200 players from the Baltic Sea region took part. Axel Smith won because he had a better tiebreak than his two closest rivals, Hampus Sörensen and Tiger Hillarp-Persson, who both had the same number of points. | Photo: Linus Johansson and Tiger Hillarp Persson | Photo: Lars OA Hedlund

12/10/2024 – At the beginning of December Fabiano Caruana was the sole winner of the U.S. Masters in Charlotte, but at the Saint Louis Masters he had to share victory with German Grandmaster Alexander Donchenko. With one round to go, Caruana led the field by one point, but in the final round he lost to Donchenko with White and both finished with 6.5/9. | Photo: (from left to right) Tony Rich, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Donchenko, Sabina Foisor | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club

12/2/2024 – Arjun Erigaisi is now officially another player over 2800 behind Carlsen, Caruana and Nakamura in the December FIDE world rankings. Four Chinese players continue to lead the women's ranking and Gukesh D, the world's best junior might soon also be World Champion. Bibisara Assaubayeva is the world's best female junior.

11/20/2024 – In the 1960s and 1970s, Lev Polugaevsky was one of the best players in the world. He played in the USSR team in the 'USSR vs. the Rest of the World' competition, and was a multiple World Chess Championship candidate. He would have been 90 years old today. | Photo: Anefo / Croes, R.C.

11/14/2024 – Nodirbek Abdusattorov leads the field after two wins and a draw on the first day of rapid chess at the Tata Steel India Rapid and Blitz tournament. The Uzbek grandmaster had a lot of luck in his game against Vincent Keymer. Magnus Carlsen started with two draws and a win. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

11/12/2024 – Tata Steel, sponsor of the traditional chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, has also been organising a top-level tournament in India every year since 2018, a rapid and blitz event. It starts again on Wednesday, with Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer, among others.

11/12/2024 – After four of eleven rounds only two players still have a perfect score at the European Championship in Petrovac, Montenegro: Grandmaster Frederik Svane (pictured) from Germany and Grandmaster Maksim Chigaev, who was born in Russia, but now plays for Spain. Half a point behind follow 18 players with 3.5/4 each. | Photo: Frederik Svane during an interview with ChessBase (in German)

11/7/2024 – Aleksandra Goryachkina wins and wins and wins. In round 7 of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix she won with Black against Batkhuyag Munguntuul - her fifth win in her last five games. She now leads with 6.0/7 and is one point ahead of Tan Zhongyi who won in round 7 against Nurgyul Salimova. | Photos: Konstantin Chalabov and Anastasia Abramova (FIDE)

11/6/2024 – In the 6th round of the Women's Grand Prix Tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Aleksandra Goryachkina won her fourth game in a row. She played against German Grandmaster Elisabeth Paehtz, who missed study-like drawing chances in a difficult endgame. Stavroula Tsolakidou, Tan Zhongyi and Kateryna Lagno also won their games. With three rounds to go Goryachkina now leads with 5.0/6, followed by Tsolakidou and Tan Zhongyi with 4.0/6 each. | Photos: Konstantin Chalabov and Anastasia Abramova (FIDE)

11/5/2024 – The final day of the 27th Open International Bavarian Chess Championship at Gut Kaltenbrunn at Tegernsee saw another very exciting round, as eleven players were still in the running for the tournament victory. In the end, Titas Stremavicius and Rinat Jumabayev shared first place, but thanks to his better tiebreak Stremavicius won the tournament. | Photos: Sandra Schmidt

11/1/2024 – After an eventful October, there was a lot of movement in the FIDE world rankings. Fabiano Caruana moved back into second place behind Magnus Carlsen. Arjun Erigaisi inched closer to the 2800 mark, while Vincent Keymer gained 11 rating points and overtook Ding Liren. Four Chinese players head the women's ranking.

10/28/2024 – The 27th Open International Bavarian Chess Championships kicked off on Saturday at Tegernsee, attracting over 550 participants from 30 nations. Top seed is German Grandmaster Dmitrij Kollars, who is one of the 57 players who started the tournament with 2.0/2. | Photos: Sandra Schmidt

10/25/2024 – Novy Bor were the only team to emerge victorious in all their first five duels and took the sole lead at the European Club Cup. Alkalolid and Turkish Airline drew their match, with Arjun Erigaisi (photo) defeating Andreikin and breaking the 2800 rating barrier. In the Women's Cup, leaders Tajfun lost to Superchess. | Photos: European Chess Union

10/24/2024 – Top favourite SuperChess suffered a surprising defeat against Turkish Airlines in round four of the European Club Cup. Both Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa (pictured) lost their games. Vincent Keymer was once again the match winner for Novy Bor, while Dinara Wagner was the match winner for her team SuperChess in the Women's Cup. | Photos: European Chess Union and Gerd Densing

10/23/2024 – In the third round of the European Club Cup, top favourite SuperChess had to play against team Vugar Gashimov from Azerbaijan, a challenging task which SuperChess, however, solved with ease: they won 5-1. Vincent Keymer scored the winning point for Novy Bor against the Vados Chess Club. In the women's tournament, Garuda Ajka won the top match against SuperChess and Elisabeth Pähtz scored the winning point for the Monte Carlo team. | Photo: Gukesh takes a critical look at the game of Praggnanandhaa | Photos: European Chess Union and Gerd Densing

10/23/2024 – The Weissenhaus on the Baltic Sea coast is certainly one of the most beautiful venues for chess tournaments. Recently, the Weissenhaus Young Masters took place there. The games were played in the castle. The players were also accommodated either in the castle or in one of the houses of the ensemble. At the end of the tournament, the German national team visited.

10/22/2024 – In the open tournament of the European Club Cup, the top clubs continued to win comfortably in the second round. But on some boards, the underdogs managed to stage some upsets. Benedict Krause, for example, took a grandmaster scalp for St. Pauli. In the Women's Cup, Monte Carlo had to concede its first point. | Photo: Ivan Sokolov watches the action | Photos: European Chess Union and Gerd Densing

10/22/2024 – It has happened after all - Carissa Yip's great winning streak came to an end. In an intense game, Megan Lee had the better end of the stick and defeated the leader of the Women's US Champioship. In the open tournament, Sam Sevian had a better position against Leinier Dominguez, but ran into a counterattack. Fabiano Caruana is still atop the standings. | Photo: Lennart Ootes