As far as chess tournaments go, the Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open are not what you would describe as big-time events. The highest-ranked players from either event last year didn't even ...

For someone ranked No. 2 in the world, playing competitive games of chess sits curiously low on grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s list of priorities. “I look at it as something to do to get away from ...

American GM Hikaru Nakamura is not part of the action at the fourth edition of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships, which got underway in Hong Kong on Wednesday, 17 June, despite being ...

Elite chess may carry an air of respectability and intellectual rigour, but that hasn’t stopped players and fans from levelling accusations of cheating and unfair play. That’s how University of ...

World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju delivered a masterclass on day one of the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown, taking the early lead with four points out of six. After a shaky start against Magnus ...

One day in May, chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was watching the last two moves of Felix “xQc” Lengyel’s online chess game. Ever-patient, Nakamura had been mentoring Lengyel, a top Twitch streamer ...

Seeds of doubt have grown into a disturbance among some in the game’s top ranks. By Dylan Loeb McClain An American grandmaster sued Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top player, and two other parties after ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The U.S. chess champion needs a shave. When he is playing well, Hikaru ...

Amid the controversy between Vladimir Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura, Young Indian chess grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi's former coach and mentor Srinath Narayanan has said that Nakamura accused the Indian ...

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