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.
GM Alireza Firouzja had overtaken GM Wesley So on the live rating list after scoring 5/5 in a series of three matches against veterans in his home chess club of Chartres. Alas for the 20-year-old, he had one more game to play, and a draw from a lo...
GM Alexey Sarana's sole first place in the European Rapid Chess Championship 2023 in Zagreb means he's achieved a remarkable triple—winning the European Individual, Team, and Rapid events in the same year. GM David Navara prevented a quadrup...
GM Leinier Dominguez has pulled out of the Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival 2023 at the halfway mark, explaining, “I’ve come to a point where I’m simply risking too much if I continue.” The U.S. star travelled to Spai...
GM Michael Adams said it was probably his best-ever result to win the London Chess Classic 2023 at the age of 52. He clinched the title with a draw against the future of English chess, 14-year-old IM Shreyas Royal, who described himself as "really...
IM Shreyas Royal won a seemingly hopeless position against GM Jules Moussard to go into his final-round game against GM Michael Adams needing a draw to make a second GM norm. A draw would also see Adams at least tie for first in the London Chess C...
"The game could and should have gone differently," confessed GM Mateusz Bartel after GM Hans Niemann survived a huge attack only to blunder on the verge of victory. GM Amin Tabatabaei moved into joint second in the London Chess Classic 2023 with a...
The madness continues in London. Just when GM Jules Moussard was about to crown a brilliant game by defeating leader GM Michael Adams, the Frenchman blundered away the game. GM Gukesh Dommaraju kept his Candidates hopes alive when GM Luke McShane ...
GM Mateusz Bartel beat IM Shreyas Royal in round five of the 2023 London Chess Classic to move into a four-way tie for second place. The sole leader, half a point clear, remains GM Michael Adams, but the English star seemed to miss a huge cha...
GM Hans Niemann sacrificed a knight and two rooks to beat IM Shreyas Royal in round four of the 2023 London Chess Classic before commenting, "the sound of chess speaking overpowers jealousy." The day's other headline news was GM Gukesh Dommaraju b...
IM Shreyas Royal played like a veteran grandmaster as he defeated world number-40 GM Amin Tabatabaei in round three of the 2023 London Chess Classic. It was a wild day, as all three players who had won a day earlier slipped to defeat, while GMs Gu...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju pulled off a great escape against GM Nikita Vitiugov to retain the lead after round two of the 2023 London Chess Classic, with co-leader GM Michael Adams also drawing after a fierce fight with GM Hans Niemann. That let GM Andre...
GMs Gukesh Dommaraju and Michael Adams picked up wins on the first day of the 2023 London Chess Classic, the 13th edition of an event that was first won by GM Magnus Carlsen back in 2009. GM Hans Niemann made a quiet draw after rushing in from Zag...
Tenth-seed Serbia has won the 2023 European Team Chess Championship after finishing a single tiebreak point ahead of Germany, which took silver despite remaining unbeaten and winning their head-to-head clash. Team chess specialists Armenia took br...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen escaped with just two minor pieces against Danish GM Jonas Bjerre's queen to help struggling Norway to a second win in a row, while top-seed Azerbaijan is in freefall, symbolized by GM Teimour Radjabov losing in 19 ...
GM Vincent Keymer celebrated his 19th birthday with a win over Armenia's GM Haik Martirosyan that gave Germany the sole lead after round five of the 2023 European Team Chess Championship and took the young star up to world number-17 on the live ra...
Poland and Germany are the only teams on a perfect 6/6 match points after three rounds of the Open section of the 2023 European Team Chess Championship, and face a showdown in round four. GM Magnus Carlsen escaped with a draw in round two and won ...
GM Mads Andersen took down Super-GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov as 2023 European Team Chess Championship favorites Azerbaijan lost to 20th-seed Denmark. World number-one Magnus Carlsen started the event in Budva, Montenegro, with a smooth win over GM Je...
"It's still my favorite tournament of the year!" said super-GM Daniil Dubov, after conceding just one draw in eight games to win the 2023 Halloween Mystery Banter Blitz. Dubov, wearing a Scream mask, had overcome GM Oleksandr Bortnyk (in a Vampire...
19th-seed GM Nodirbek Yakubboev is the shock winner of the Qatar Masters 2023 after the 21-year-old defeated his Uzbekistani namesake GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2-0 in a blitz playoff. Abdusattorov had earlier benefited from a horror blunder by GM A...
Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi takes a half-point lead into the final round of the Qatar Masters 2023 after his win over GM David Paravyan ended any lingering title hopes for star GMs such as Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, and Gukesh Dommaraju. GM Hikaru N...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen's hopes of making the Qatar Masters 2023 a repeat of his 2015 victory have all but gone after a sacrifice against GM Karthikeyan Murali boomeranged into another loss, this time with the white pieces. GM Arjun Erigai...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen exploited a blunder by IM Samant Aditya S to win a third game in four rounds and catch GM Hikaru Nakamura, who was held to a draw by GM David Paravyan. With three rounds to go the favorites are half a point behind a...
GM Narayanan Sunilduth Lyna is the first sole leader of the 2023 Qatar Masters after beating world number-eight Gukesh Dommaraju to move to 4.5/5. No fewer than 12 players are half a point back, including GM Hikaru Nakamura, and IM Vaishali R, who...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Gukesh Dommaraju, and Saleh Salem all won in round four of the 2023 Qatar Masters to join a seven-way tie for first place on 3.5/4. GM Magnus Carlsen languishes a point back in 29th place after again being involved in the...
