Grand Chess Tour in the News

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 ...

Magnus Carlsen continued right where he'd left off in Baden-Baden by defeating rivals Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi in the first two rounds of the Côte ...

Three rounds of Rapid were played on Wednesday at the Pullman Hotel in Abidjan to kick off the first leg of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. World Champion ...

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Magnus Carlsen is the first world champion in the history of chess to officially play in a tournament in the African continent. The Norwegian star is ready to begin ...

The $1.75 million 2019 Grand Chess Tour starts today in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's largest city. World Champion Magnus Carlsen will begin the first 9 rounds of ...

The traditional Capablanca Memorial is celebrating its 54th edition in Havana, Cuba. After taking place in Varadero in 2016 and 2017, the event returned to the ...

The traditional Capablanca Memorial is celebrating its 54th edition in Havana, Cuba. After taking place in Varadero in 2016 and 2017, the event returned to the ...

The traditional Capablanca Memorial is celebrating its 54th edition in Havana, Cuba. After taking place in Varadero in 2016 and 2017, the event returned to the ...

Anish Giri's victory in the Shenzhen Masters finally put to rest any lingering claims that he'd never won a supertournament, and in an 80-minute i...