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.
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...
Moves were delayed 15 minutes and watches outlawed as world number-one Magnus Carlsen's tweets had an instant impact on round three of the 2023 Qatar Masters. The drama was limited on the board; GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri were frustra...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen confessed he was "completely crushed" by 23-year-old Kazakh GM Alisher Suleymenov in round two of the 2023 Qatar Masters, but afterward blamed a failure to concentrate on his opponent wearing a watch in contraventio...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen won a 23-move miniature as he set out to defend his title in the 2023 Qatar Masters, a tournament last held in 2015. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri were among the star names to win in round one, but GMs Gukesh D...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has pulled off the mission impossible of beating world number-one Magnus Carlsen, not in just one match but two, to win the 2023 AI Cup and qualify for the Champions Chess Tour Finals in Toronto. "Maxime was strong and I ...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was again in sparkling form as he defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 to earn another shot at GM Magnus Carlsen in Friday's 2023 AI Cup Grand Final. Nepomniachtchi had earlier knocked out GM Anish Giri 1.5-0.5. GM Vladim...
"This is the sort of thing that happens when you play Sicilians in every game," said GM Magnus Carlsen after four fighting Sicilians left his 2023 AI Cup Winners Final against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave level at 2-2. The world number-one clinched t...
"He's finishing up his bingo card!" said GM Eric Hansen as GM Hikaru Nakamura managed to play 14 of the 16 possible first pawn moves for White on the way to beating GM Yu Yangyi 19-9 in the round of 16 of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championshi...
Indian sensation GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu will play world number-one GM Magnus Carlsen in the final of the 2023 FIDE World Cup after the 18-year-old defeated GM Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 in a semifinal decided by a single tiebreak win. GM...
GM Vidit Gujrathi outplayed number-four seed GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in round-five tiebreaks to reach the quarterfinals of the 2023 FIDE World Cup, so that half of the remaining field now hails from the rising chess powerhouse of India. IM Nurgyul...
World number-two GM Hikaru Nakamura is out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup after losing to GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in round four tiebreaks. The event is also over for Women's World Champion GM Ju Wenjun after she missed a trick against GM Elisabet...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen won on demand to keep his 2023 FIDE World Cup hopes alive despite gifting GM Vincent Keymer a huge chance to seal their match. GM Wesley So is out after failing to mount a comeback against GM Alexey Sarana, while GM...
GM Magnus Carlsen is in danger of tumbling out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup after 18-year-old GM Vincent Keymer pounced on a blunder to beat the world number-one for the first time. GM Wesley So is also in a must-win position in Thursday's second ga...
It was a bad day for the world's strongest chess couple as GMs Alexander Grischuk and Kateryna Lagno were both knocked out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup in round-two tiebreaks. Grischuk lost to 17-year-old Iranian GM Bardiya Daneshvar, while Women's ...
Singapore's GM Tin Jingyao, seeded 120 in the 2023 FIDE World Cup, knocked out ninth seed GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in a dramatic day of round-two action. A dark horse to win the event, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, fell to 112th seed GM Vahap Sanal, w...
World top-five GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and Ian Nepomniachtchi all won, while Hikaru Nakamura was frustrated with a draw, as round two of the 2023 FIDE World Cup began. It was a good day for Indian chess, with GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshb...
Top seeds GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Ju Wenjun commence battle in the 2023 FIDE World Cup in Wednesday's round two, but first, there were 33 places to be decided in tiebreaks. It took six hours, with 18-year-old local star GM Aydin S...
Peruvian IM Gianmarco Leiva survived a 136-move thriller to knock GM Anton Demchenko out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup, but that was a rare success for an underdog. The favorites hit back, including GM Velimir Ivic, who smoothly outplayed 14-year-old...
Fourteen-year-old IM Ediz Gurel found a brilliant sacrifice to take down GM Velimir Ivic as the 2023 FIDE World Cup kicked off in Baku. Top seeds such as GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Ju Wenjun start their campaigns in ...
