Fun fact: alongside being one of the most aptly named events on the calendar, Eastern Boarder’s Last Call is also one of the longest-running contests in the eastern US. For nearly 25 years, riders from around the world have flocked to Loon Mountain for a shot at the $20,000 prize purse. This year, the Rome…
GM Hans Niemann decisively beat fellow American 2700 GM Awonder Liang in a 12-game match in Paris, France. Niemann went undefeated throughout the fast-classical match, winning three games and securing a final 7.5-4.5 victory. The players competed at the Paris Blitz Society, and Niemann streamed the games live. Niemann has played a series of matches…
24-year-old Indian star GM Vaishali Rameshbabu will play Chinese GM Ju Wenjun for the women’s world championship title after clinching the 2026 FIDE Women’s Candidates with a final-round win over GM Kateryna Lagno. GM Bibisara Assaubayeva could have won or lost a wild game against GM Divya Deshmukh, but ultimately a draw by repetition was…
GM Haik Martirosyan scored 10/11 to win his first-ever Titled Tuesday on April 14, starting out 9/9 and (after playing 267 moves to split his last two games) carrying that to his first ever win in the event. Last week’s victor GM Sina Movahed scored 9.5 points to finish second and continue leading the spring split…
GM Javokhir Sindarov has won the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with a round to spare after a draw against GM Anish Giri in round 13. More importantly than the €70,000 prize, he will be the next challenger to GM Gukesh Dommaraju for the world title. GM Wei Yi won the only decisive game, against GM…
St. Louis University (SLU) and the University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou) have combined to win the last seven Collegiate Chess League championships, but the spring 2026 season will crown a new champion. The SRM Institute of Science and Technology has defeated SLU in the semifinals, while the University of Texas-Dallas (UTD) dominated Mizzou on the other…
Ellery Manning has wasted no time becoming a household name in snowboarding. Just two winters ago, she got a last-minute call-up as an alternate for Robin Van Gyn’s RND event — then promptly stole the show, taking the win and earning herself a spot on the 2025 Natural Selection roster. It wasn’t just the result…
You can now personalize your Chessable training like never before. Curate your repertoire with the very best parts of each course with the new Repertoire feature. Add variations or entire chapters to your own custom course—and then add a personal touch to make your training even more effective! Build Your Own Repertoire With Multiple Courses…
GM Nihal Sarin won the Menorca Open Masters, scoring two wins against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju along the way. Nihal’s 6/10 score was enough for clear first place, half a point ahead of GMs Ruslan Ponomariov and Richard Rapport. Gukesh had to settle for fourth place out of six participants with 4.5/10. Following the win…
As a nine-year-old last year, FM Aarit Kapil stunned none other than GM Magnus Carlsen by making a draw against him in Chess.com’s Titled Tuesday. Recently, he also broke the 3000 barrier on Chess.com, and now the Indian prodigy has become one of the youngest players ever to achieve an international master norm. The 10-year-old…