GM Aravindh Chithambaram has taken the sole lead in the Sharjah Masters and plays GM Sam Shankland in Round 6 today! Join us on YouTube and Twitch, hosted by IM Irene Sukandar, with player cameras on top boards for GMs Salem Saleh vs Amin Tabatabaei and Daniil Yuffa vs Arjun Erigaisi among others:
Watch Day 1 of the special Casablanca Chess event ft. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand and Bassem Amin with us on Twitch and YouTube, hosted by IM Irene Sukandar, with live cameras from the beautiful venue - a Moroccan palazzo.
Watch Round 5 of the Sharjah Masters with commentary by our host IM Irene Sukandar and player cameras on top boards now as three players - GMs Niemann, Chithambaram and Saleh - are still tied for the lead after drawing their games yesterday:
Join our host IM Irene Sukandar for Round 4 of the Sharjah Masters! Co-leaders Saleh and Niemann face off, while the only other player on 3 points, Aravindh, takes on Tabatabaei. Watch now, with player cameras on top boards!
Watch Round 3 of the Sharjah Masters with us and our host IM Irene Sukandar! Top seed Arjun Erigaisi will try to bounce back with a win over Nikolozi Kachavara after his surprising loss to Nikolas Theodorou yesterday, who plays Hans Moke Niemann this round.
Join us and our host IM Irene Sukandar for Round 2 of the Sharjah Masters 2024 now on YouTube and Twitch, with Vasyl Ivanchuk taking on Amin Tabatabaei and other exciting pairings!
The Sharjah Masters 2024 starts today with GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Parham Maghsoodloo, Yu Yangyi and others. We will cover the event with commentary by our host IM Irene Sukandar on Twitch and YouTube from 12:45 UTC today and 10:45 UTC the following days until 22 May!
Legendary names of the chess world in action at the European Seniors Teams Championship. Greats of the past like Nunn and Beliavsky are playing.
It's a shame that Russia's war against Ukraine deprives us of former great players from there, but, of course, I support the ban on Russian participation.
It's also a shame that the International community can't show consistency as Israeli teams are allowed to take part.
IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva has won the European Women's Chess Championship 2024! A draw in the final round against GM Nino Batsiashvili was enough to secure the title undefeated with 8.5/10. IMs Nataliya Buksa and Lela Javakhishvili finished 2nd and 3rd respectively with 7.5 points on tiebreak criteria.
Congratulations to GM Alireza Firouzja for winning the Titled Arena April '24! Runner-up GM Daniel Naroditsky was just 4 points behind and third place went to GM Andrew Tang, who finished the tournament with 7 berserked wins in a row!
Join us and our hosts IMs Irene Sukandar and Laura Unuk now for Round 13 of the #FIDECandidates! Get ready for a pivotal game in the three-way tied Open between leaders Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura & Tan vs Goryachkina in the Women's section among others.
As big an upset as a Chinese half-marathon with Vaishali winning in FIDE Women today. Only one prediction correct but at least only Vidit letting me down in the Open. Like he always does. :(
Watch Round 12 of the 2024 Candidates with us and our hosts IM Irene Sukandar, IM Laura Unuk and GM Felix Blohberger! Current Open leader Nepo takes on Pragg and joint runners-up Nakamura and Gukesh play Firouzja and Abasov, respectively.