GM Levon Aronian recently wrote, “the FIDE Circuit is kind of a joke,” with GM Anish Giri replying to describe it as “completely broken.” 2023 FIDE Circuit Winner GM Fabiano Caruana, described the system, which will determi...
GM Levon Aronian won his maiden title at the 2024 American Cup on Wednesday. Continuing to play in this tournament what he calls "adventurous chess," he defeated GM Wesley So only in the final rapid game—and with the black pieces. Th...
GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Robert Hess won their semifinal match against GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Levy Rozman in the 2024 Team Chess Battle on Tuesday. The commentator duo pressed with an extra pawn in game one but was met with stiff, 99%-accura...
Today, FIDE, the chess world-governing body, made a significant move in an attempt to combat rating deflation and improve the accuracy of the ranking system by adjusting the rating for hundreds of thousands of players. Nonetheless, the extensive o...
GM Valentina Gunina is one of seven Russian women in history to attain the chess grandmaster title. She is a three-time European women's chess champion, a five-time Russian women's chess champion, has won three gold medals with the Russian nationa...
World Champion Ding Liren seems ready and eager to return to the chessboard for his first classical chess tournament in eight months. "I am much better than maybe two or three months ago," he said in an interview with Chess.com, a few days ahead o...
GM Alireza Firouzja has likely wrapped up qualification for the 2024 FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament in Toronto after winning the Rouen Open with a perfect 7/7. He beat GM Gata Kamsky along the way and picked up sufficient rating points that even...
IM Shreyas Royal won a seemingly hopeless position against GM Jules Moussard to go into his final-round game against GM Michael Adams needing a draw to make a second GM norm. A draw would also see Adams at least tie for first in the London Chess C...
FIDE is expected to make significant changes to its rating system on January 1, which includes a one-time adjustment for most rated players, an increase of the rating floor, and changes to the initial rating. In July, the FIDE Qualifications Com...
GM Mateusz Bartel beat IM Shreyas Royal in round five of the 2023 London Chess Classic to move into a four-way tie for second place. The sole leader, half a point clear, remains GM Michael Adams, but the English star seemed to miss a huge cha...
GM Leinier Dominguez made a sudden entry into the Candidates race. Now FIDE has responded to the criticism after their clarification of the rules drew reactions from the chess community. With less than a month left in 2023, the race to the Candi...
GM Hans Niemann sacrificed a knight and two rooks to beat IM Shreyas Royal in round four of the 2023 London Chess Classic before commenting, "the sound of chess speaking overpowers jealousy." The day's other headline news was GM Gukesh Dommaraju b...
British chess has gotten another boost as legends GM Michael Adams (50+) and GM John Nunn (65+) both secured gold medals in the World Senior Championship last week. WGM Monica Calzetta Ruiz (50+) from Spain and WGM Galina Strutinskaia (65+) won wo...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave advance to the Semifinals of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. Carlsen overcame his former world championship challenger, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, by an 11-point marg...
GM Wesley So won a surprisingly one-sided match against GM Levon Aronian in the round of 16 of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. The final score was 15.5-12.5, but the margin was greater than five points for m...
Chess in England is being given a massive boost in a move that is said to be "potentially transformational" for a nation where chess has struggled to gain attention for years. "The Great British Chess Revival" could begin this month, as U.K Prim...
Warning: This article mentions instances of sexual abuse that may be triggering for readers. A group of women chess players are fed up with sexist behavior and sexual violence in the chess world and decided to send a strong message in an open le...
On Friday, the FIDE Qualification Commission and mathematician Jeff Sonas proposed several changes to the rating system aimed at counteracting deflation―so that FIDE ratings more accurately represent players' strength. The commission is opening ...
Once again, the Kansas City Chiefs secured a victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. This time, the win was on the chessboard, not the field. In a dramatic final, between Bengal's cornerback Chidobe Awuzie and Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill, t...
GM Gukesh D secured his spot in the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship Final by winning his semifinal match against GM Pranav V 16.5-10.5. After an unexpectedly strong start by Pranav, where he started the 5+1 portion with a 3-point lead, Guke...
On the second day of Quarterfinals in the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship, GM Raunak Sadhwani dispatched IM Read Samadov and GM Denis Lazavik eliminated GM Daniel Dardha. The victory of the two favorites was never in question during their mat...
It's Women's History Month, a time to honor the contributions of women throughout history and their ongoing struggle for equality. To celebrate the occasion, you can now play chess against some of the women who fought for a better and more equitab...
Team A of Webster University won clear first at the 2023 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship with a perfect score. As the champion, it also earned a coveted spot in the President's Cup with three other top teams. The battle for ...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the 2022 Speed Chess Championship second semifinal match on Friday. The world champion steamrolled through yet another match in what has become a series of dominant wins over th...
Wearing a face mask during a game of chess decreases the quality of chess players' decisions, an effect that is relatively short and mostly hurts strong players. This is the conclusion of a study about the effect of masks on cognitive performance ...
