Colin McGourty led news at Chess24 from its launch until it merged with Chess.com a decade later. An amateur player, he got into chess writing when he set up the website Chess in Translation after previously studying Slavic languages and literature in St. Andrews, Odesa, Oxford, and Krakow.
Seventeen-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess championship challenger after finishing half a point ahead of GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Fabiano Caruana. He’ll now play GM Ding Liren for the ...
GM Fabiano Caruana trails leader GM Ian Nepomniachtchi by half a point at the midway stage of the 2024 Candidates Tournament, just as he did in 2022. Back then he crashed and burned as he fought for first place, only for it turn out that second pl...
GM Magnus Carlsen scored a brilliant win, then pulled off a great escape, to beat GM Richard Rapport 1.5-0.5 and win the GRENKE Chess Classic for a third time. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat GM Vincent Keymer in blitz tiebreaks to take third place...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen beat GM Vincent Keymer to wrap up victory in the 2024 GRENKE Chess Classic round-robin. He now faces GM Richard Rapport in Monday's title match, while GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave takes on Keymer for third place. ...
GM Richard Rapport bounced back from 0/2 on Friday to beat World Champion Ding Liren and GM Vincent Keymer, closing the gap at the top to half a point. GM Magnus Carlsen remains the sole leader after defeating GM Daniel Fridman, with Rapport and C...
World number one Magnus Carlsen called it "kind of insane to get two Benoni games in one day" as he defeated GM Vincent Keymer with the black pieces and then GM Richard Rapport with White to upend the standings and take a one-point lead. Rapport, ...
GM Richard Rapport leads the 2024 GRENKE Chess Classic by a full point after beating GM Daniel Fridman to score 1.5/2 for the second day in a row. Elsewhere time pressure saw wins evaporate for world number-one Magnus Carlsen (against GM Maxi...
GM Richard Rapport pounced on a blunder by world number-one Magnus Carlsen, then made a draw against World Champion Ding Liren, to end day one of the 2024 GRENKE Chess Classic in the sole lead on 1.5/2. Carlsen hit back to beat GM Daniel Fridman w...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju dug deep to rescue a 91-move draw against GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in round seven of the Prague Masters. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov shrugged off defeat from the day before to beat GM Vincent Keymer and retain the sole lead, t...
Nineteen-year-old GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov overtook GMs Alireza Firouzja and Ian Nepomniachtchi to enter the world top-five after a smooth win over GM Mateusz Bartel in round five of the Prague Masters. There were huge turnarounds elsewhere, with ...
The line-up for the 2024 Grand Chess Tour has been announced, with teenage GMs Gukesh Dommaraju (17), Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (18), and Nodirbek Abdusattorov (19) the three newcomers, replacing GMs Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and World ...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen enhanced his claim to be the greatest of all time Friday as he won the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge by defeating world number-two Fabiano Caruana in the final match. We take a look at what else we learned...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the final classical game to win the inaugural 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge and the $60,000 top prize. GM Levon Aronian took third place with a powerful win over GM Nodirbek ...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen missed a chance for more as he made a draw with Black against GM Fabiano Caruana in game one of the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge Final. GM Levon Aronian found a miracle escape against GM Nodirbek Abd...
They may be playing Chess960 instead of regular chess, but it's world number-one Magnus Carlsen and number-two Fabiano Caruana who will contest the Final of the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge after Carlsen eased past GM Nodirbek Abdusatto...
GM Magnus Carlsen won what he described as "a very interesting, strategic game" to take the lead against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge Semifinals. GM Levon Aronian also left GM Fabiano Caruana needing to w...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen hit back with three wins to beat GM Alireza Firouzja and book a 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge Semifinal against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who eased past GM Ding Liren. It was the day the "veterans" struck ...
World Champion Ding Liren and world number-one Magnus Carlsen both have to hit back on Monday to keep alive hopes of winning the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge after they erred in the opening and were put to the sword by GMs Nodirbek Abdu...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat GM Magnus Carlsen in the final round of the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge Rapid to top the standings with an unbeaten 5.5/7. That set up a Quarterfinal against World Champion Ding Liren, who made a last-roun...
GM Dommaraju Gukesh beat the GOAT, GM Magnus Carlsen, after whom the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge is named, as a new Chess960 super-tournament began in Germany. He also took down World Champion Ding Liren, who lost all four games, while...
World Champion GM Ding Liren and World Rapid Champion GM Magnus Carlsen top the field for the GRENKE Chess Classic, which returns March 26-31 after a five-year hiatus. Carlsen will be looking to win a third title to add to his wins in 2015 and 201...
GM Daniil Dubov missed out on tying world number-one Magnus Carlsen for first place in the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2023 after both he and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi got zero points for the knight-moves-only draw they made in round 11. In a 59-min...
GM Alireza Firouzja has likely wrapped up qualification for the 2024 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament in Toronto after winning the Rouen Open with a perfect 7/7. He beat GM Gata Kamsky along the way and picked up sufficient rating points that even...
Indian GM Abhimanyu Puranik won his last four games to take clear first place on 8.5/10 and win the Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival 2023. Four players tied for second place, with U.S. GM Brandon Jacobson taking the runner-up spot after winn...
