Grandmaster Illia Nyzhnyk scored an astounding 8/9 to win the 2019 U.S. Open. He takes home $6400 for his efforts, plus a bonus of $200...

  The third round of the Russian Championships Superfinals was played in Izhevsk on August 13. In the open event, Vladislav Artemiev outplayed Kirill Alekseenko in a rook endgame to become the sole leader with 2 points. Alexandr Predke scored the first…

An amateur chess player with a national rating of 1512, who had raised suspicion due to strong results at recent tournaments, was caught carrying a phone during a game at the Dutch Open Championship in Dieren, The Netherlands at the end of July. Using a metal…