Wesley So settles for a 61st-place finish out of 182 in the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz Championships' rapid section, won by Russian sensation Volodar Murzin MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So’s slump ...

Volodar Murzin scripted history in December last year, when he won the 2024 World Rapid Chess Championship. He sealed the title in New York after a draw against Karen H Grigoryan in the final round, ...

In 2015, Murzin won the national championship in blitz in his age group, and a year later he became the best at the European championship in classical chess. In 2017, Volodar won two medals (one of ...

Russians Volodar Murzin and Alexander Grischuk along with Duda Jan-Kryzstof of Poland share the lead with Arjun on seven points after the end of the second day and round 9 of the championship, which ...

Filipino-born chess star Wesley So rebounds from a dismal rapid showing in the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz with a strong start in blitz play, while world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen crosses paths anew with ...

Koneru Humpy put the exclamation mark on a landmark year for Indian chess, by winning the FIDE World Rapid Championship in New York on Saturday evening. For India's top women's chess player, it was ...