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 ...

Wei Yi drew his first FIDE World Cup final game against Javokhir Sindarov. Wei Yi played with black pieces and secured a draw. Andrey Esipenko won the third-place match against Nodirbek Yakubboev.

The FIDE World Cup 2025 final between Grandmaster (GM) Wei Yi and GM Javokhir Sindarov will head to a tiebreak after the players opted for a safe draw in the second game as well, while GM Andrey ...

China’s Grandmaster (GM) Wei Yi and Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev could not breach the defences of their respective opponents with white pieces as both the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup 2025 ...

Russian GM Andrey Esipenko yesterday beat Armenia’s Shant Sargsyan to go into today’s final round of $110,000 Qatar Masters needing just a draw to win the title. The 22-year-old Esipenko has 7 points ...

Both the semifinals in the FIDE World Cup 2025 will head to a tiebreak after GM Nodirbek Yakubboev and GM Javokhir Sindarov played out yet another drab draw while GM Andrey Esipenko failed to breach ...

Russian Grandmaster Andrey Esipenko and Arkadij Naiditsch of Bulgaria on Friday played a battling draw to lead a pack of six players with 3.5 points each at the Qatar Masters. Esipenko and Naiditsch ...

Russian GM Andrey Esipenko on Thursday managed a draw against top seed Arjun Erigaisi of India to win the Qatar Masters title for the first time. The 22-year-old finished with 7.5 points after the ...

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 ...

As Wei Yi stormed out of the playing hall as darkness began to fall on Resort Rio on Friday, there were a couple of children waiting for his autographs. He stopped, obliged them, and even bent down to ...

Panaji: Wei Yi, the Chinese GM who made it to the final of the FIDE World Cup on Sunday, couldn't believe his eyes when Andrey Esipenko blundered and offered him a place in the all-important ...

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 ...