For the first time in his career, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov entered the world top 10 on the live rating list today. The Uzbek grandmaster defeated GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen in what was a combative opening round of the Prague Masters.
GM Praggnanandh...
In our second consecutive match to go to an armageddon tiebreaker this season, GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Levy Rozman defeated GMs Jorden van Foreest and Eric Hansen 2-1. Next, they'll play the legendary commentator team, GMs Daniel Naroditsky and ...
GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Robert Hess knocked out the commentators who inspire them, GMs Peter Svidler and Jan Gustafsson, as they advanced to the Semifinals of the 2024 Team Chess Battle.
Gustafsson and Svidler brought their trash-talk A-games ...
British rising star WCM Bodhana Sivanandan has delivered another extraordinary performance that is likely to catapult her to world number-one among chess players under nine years years of age. The schoolgirl now boasts one of the highest ratings e...
Webster reached 5-0 while Rio Grande defeated the defending champions in week five of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL).
Though Webster achieved a commanding overall score, they did so with a balanced performance from each of their pl...
In a Bullet Brawl showdown between two of the quickest players in chess, GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Andrew Tang, Naroditsky came out on top on Saturday. Claiming his 12th title and the $400 first prize, the U.S. commentator scored 247 points in the...
The line-up for the 2024 Grand Chess Tour has been announced, with teenage GMs Gukesh Dommaraju (17), Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (18), and Nodirbek Abdusattorov (19) the three newcomers, replacing GMs Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and World ...
GM Wesley So and IM Alice Lee advance to the Semifinals of the 2024 Team Chess Battle. On Thursday, they defeated GM Peter Leko and GM Pia Cramling 2-0, following up on yesterday's sweep with another.
Even the seeds of trash talk bloomed into co...
The inaugural 2024 ChessKid National Festival, which took place over four days on President's Day weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, was advertised as "The Ultimate In-Person Chess Celebration."
431 kids participated in 11 possible tournament...
GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Cristian Chirila cut the proverbial opening ribbon of the inaugural 2024 Team Chess Battle by beating GM Anish Giri and IM Danny Rensch with a 2-0 score.
After losing game one while trash-talking his own team...
GM Anish Giri earned his first win in Titled Tuesday on February 20, taking the early edition with a score of 10/11. In the late event, GM Velimir Ivic also scored 10/11, making for a rare day with no tiebreaks for first place.
Early Tournamen...
Cleveland Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan stepped up to the challenge and earned locker-room bragging rights after taking out the first edition of SlugChamps on Tuesday. In a high-octane final against shortstop Daniel Schneemann, Kwan scored 2.5/...
On Sunday, eight-year-old Ashwath Kaushik from Singapore smashed the record to become the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess.
Just a month prior Leonid Ivanovic from Serbia dethroned GM Awonder Liang to become the fi...
Webster won their fourth match in a row while Dallas continued their comeback in week four of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL).
With a perfect 4/4, IM Anna Sargsyan led Webster to victory vs. Prague. For Dallas, it was IM Andrei Maco...
The king of Bullet Brawl, GM Hikaru Nakamura, has claimed his 19th title and $400 after a dominant performance during the latest edition, finishing 59 points ahead of the second- and third-placed players, GMs Oleksandr Bortnyk and Arjun Erigaisi, ...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen enhanced his claim to be the greatest of all time Friday as he won the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge by defeating world number-two Fabiano Caruana in the final match. We take a look at what else we learned...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the final classical game to win the inaugural 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge and the $60,000 top prize. GM Levon Aronian took third place with a powerful win over GM Nodirbek ...
NM Jalen Wang was victorious in the Variants Community Series (VCS) Crazyhouse Championship on Thursday and took home $1,000 for winning the Final.
FM Roee Aroesti made $750 for second place, while NM Isaac Chiu and Patrik Nystrom earned $500 ea...
Chess.com is excited to announce the launch of Team Chess Battle—a new tournament that brings banter, chat, and great games from some of the best in the business.
What makes this event different? It’s a 2v2 team tournament where the ...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen missed a chance for more as he made a draw with Black against GM Fabiano Caruana in game one of the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge Final. GM Levon Aronian found a miracle escape against GM Nodirbek Abd...
They may be playing Chess960 instead of regular chess, but it's world number-one Magnus Carlsen and number-two Fabiano Caruana who will contest the Final of the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge after Carlsen eased past GM Nodirbek Abdusatto...
GM Hikaru Nakamura recently extended his record on Chess.com to become the first player ever to break 3400 in blitz. His new high of 3405 is 28 points higher than number two on the list, GM Magnus Carlsen.
The electrifying online blitz rivalry b...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda and GM Kirill Alekseenko, two former world championship candidates, emerged from tied standings to win Titled Tuesday on February 13. Duda needed to overcome four other players in tiebreaks, while Alekseenko only had to outsc...
Chess.com is ready to knock it outta the park again with the launch of a new tournament featuring stars from the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team.
SlugChamps: Guardians Chess Club will pit eight teammates from one of America’...