GM Igor Kurnosov has won the qualifier of the World Rapid Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. He was already leading on the first day and finished the qualifier with a point ahead of the rest of ...

The Chess World Cup in Goa features a remarkable debut by 65-year-old Igor Efimov, the oldest participant, alongside 12-year-old Oro Faustino, the youngest. While Efimov exited early, Faustino ...

Top seed posts another win to stay in top heap Abu Dhabi: Russian Grand Master Igor Kurnosov continued to enjoy the lead in the Masters Championship of the Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival after ...

We recently learned with sadness that GM Igor Naumkin has died. Igor Gennadyevich Naumkin got his IM title in 1988 and his GM title in 1990, and sported wins over Mikhail Tal and David Bronstein. He ...