Grand Chess Tour in the News

Magnus Carlsen had no trouble securing a win at the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan, Africa, as he had the tournament in his pocket with two rounds to ...

After scoring five wins on the final day of action at the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour in Abidjan, Magnus Carlsen won yet another event, this time by a margin ...

Magnus Carlsen had no trouble securing a win at the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan, as he had the tournament in his pocket with two rounds to spare.

Magnus Carlsen is still first in the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz after one day of blitz. However, not everything went according to the script for the world champion, ...

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took over the blitz no. 1 spot and became the first player to beat Magnus Carlsen in an official game since Alexander Zubo...

Magnus Carlsen is still first in the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz after one day of blitz. However, not everything went according to the script for the world champion, ...

After scoring five wins on the final day of action at the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour in Abidjan, Magnus Carlsen won yet another event, this time by a margin ...

After scoring five wins on the final day of action at the first leg of the Grand Chess Tour in Abidjan, Magnus Carlsen won yet another event, this time by a margin ...

Despite confessing at the end of the day that his play was below his expectations, Magnus Carlsen still leads the Côte d'Ivoire leg of the Grand Chess Tour by ...

Last weekend Gavin Melaugh won the Malahide Millennium tournament, while Gonzaga qualified to the first division in the Four Nations Chess League.

Magnus Carlsen described his play as “better, but not perfect yet” as for a third day in a row he scored 2.5/3, crossing 2900 on the rapid rating...

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave closed the rapid segment of the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz with three victories over Veselin Topalov, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Bassem ...

Magnus Carlsen finished all three days of rapid chess in Abidjan with the same result — two wins and a draw. Now he goes into the blitz section with a ...

Another close-to-perfect score in day two gave Magnus Carlsen a two-point lead in the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan, with three more rapid rounds to ...

World Champion Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader of the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid tournament after scoring two wins and a draw for a second day in a row. Hikaru ...

If players stop committing suicide against him that would be one way to stop him”, commented Fabiano Caruana, after Magnus Carlsen punished a Ma...

Another close-to-perfect score in day two gave Magnus Carlsen a plus two lead in the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz in Abidjan with three more rapid rounds to go.

The race is to the swift at the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz. One day into the rapid section of the tournament, Magnus Carlsen and Wei Yi share the lead in the ...

As the tournament name suggests, the race is to the swift at the Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz. One day into the rapid section of the tournament, Magnus Carlsen ...