Andrey Esipenko secured a spot in the Candidates tournament by winning the third-place playoff at the Chess World Cup. Despite a semi-final loss, the Russian prodigy's victory over Nodirbek Yakubboev ...

With today's first two games of rapid chess both draws, Norway's Carlsen won the first game of the second blitz tiebreak - when the time limits were tighter - and looked to be heading to the ...

Russian GM Andrey Esipenko beat Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Yakubboev to finish third, thus booking his place in the Candidates. IMAGE: Tie-break games, to be played between China's Wei Yi and Uzbek ...

Chess World Cup semifinals opened with cautious play, resulting in draws for both matches. Uzbek childhood friends Sindarov Javokhir and Yakubboev Nodirbek drew after a tense battle, while Andrey ...

Russians Andrey Esipenko and Daniil Dubov, both playing under the FIDE flag, used to wish each other well just before the start of each game at Chess World Cup in Goa. Though Dubov’s strategy to leave ...