Maryland Terrapins defensive back Chantz Harley took top honors in the sixth installment of BlitzChamps after defeating fellow back Dante Trader Jr. in the fourth game of their finals match with a "Hail Mary" pawn promotion that secured the title....
GM Magnus Carlsen's title defense is alive and well after the first day of play at the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship when the Norweigian favorite scored 4.5/5. Carlsen is joined by GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Yu Yangyi, Vidit Gujrathi, and Ivan...
Just two players are left on a perfect score after four rounds across two days, GMs Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So. They have won all four matches they have played at the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals so far. Carlsen defeated two of his greates...
GM Praggnanandhaa R. was the hero on the fourth day of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 after scoring a win with black over UpGrad Mumba Masters' GM Javokhir Sindarov, securing victory for the SG Alpine Warriors and pushing them into the...
The final day of rapid chess at the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2023 saw local hope GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda take the sole lead after moving to an undefeated 6.5/9 in his bid to defend his 2022 title. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave made a late cha...
GMs Wesley So and Jan-Krzysztof Duda extended their lead after six rounds at the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2023, after both scored 2/3 on the second day of rapid chess. Wins over GMs Kirill Shevchenko and Radoslaw Wojtaszek, respectively, ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2023 Grand Final to win Division I on Friday. The "half man, half zombie," as GM Robert Hess called Nakamura on the broadcast, came back from the dea...
GM Levon Aronian kept his tournament dreams alive in Saint Louis on Tuesday after defeating GM Fabiano Caruana in a monumental clash at The 2023 American Cup. Following six decisive results in their rapid and blitz encounters, an armageddon tiebre...
GM Sam Shankland set The American Cup elimination bracket alight on Sunday after defeating GM Ray Robson in a marathon match that was decided after six games. With an armageddon game looming and the two-time world Puzzle Rush champion posing a ser...
The Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) has completed its historic switch to Asia in a move branded by the European Chess Union (ECU) as a "shameful day" for the game. The Asian Chess Federation (ACF) formally adopted the CFR into its ranks at a meet...
The Indian Yogis and the Brazil Capybaras emerged victorious from their matches in the Pro Chess League on Tuesday after a day of grueling chess and an epic boilover. Staring down the barrel of a 5.5-6.5 deficit, the Yogis clutched up with a 4-0...
The 2022 Speed Chess Championship continued on Thursday with a high-octane double-header that saw GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So brush past their respective contenders, GMs David Paravyan and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Nakamura was particularly i...
Instructive attacking chess, dazzling tactics, and a 10-move disaster game all came to the fore during the seventh round of the 2022 U.S. Chess Championships on Tuesday. GM Fabiano Caruana won his fourth game and remains ahead of his newest challe...
The 2022 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz continued on Saturday with rounds four-six of the rapid segment taking place, and GM Alireza Firouzja is holding onto the top spot by a single point. An early scare against GM Fabiano Caruana almost saw his l...
All good things must come to an end, and Chess.com Chief Chess Officer IM Danny Rensch saw his amazing run into the semifinals of the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship conclude on Wednesday, as IM Eric Rosen became the first finalist of th...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won his second straight late Titled Tuesday event after GM Hans Niemann claimed the early tournament on May 31. Niemann was also a Titled Tuesday victor back on February 15. This week, one player also placed top five in both e...
The Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second event of the 2022 Grand Chess Tour, continued on Saturday. GM Viswanathan Anand was confirmed as the tournament leader after scoring six wins, two draws, and one loss and winning the rapid section....
Titled Tuesday presented by SEOcrawl took a surprising turn on May 10 as none other than GM Magnus Carlsen played in the early event, his first games on Chess.com since February 2021. Carlsen delivered, effectively clinching the tournament with a ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won a Titled Tuesday event for the third straight week on April 26 and was joined in the day's winners' circle by GM Baadur Jobava after the late tournament. For the second time in three weeks, no one played quite consistently e...
There were multiway ties at the top in both Titled Tuesday tournaments on April 19, but they produced two familiar winners. GM Hikaru Nakamura had the best tiebreaks of three players on 9.5/11 in the early tournament, while GM Dmitry Andreikin won...
Forty-four top Russian chess players published an open letter to the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, voicing firm opposition to the war in Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Signees include the most ...
GM Fabiano Caruana will be Chess.com's star commentator during the Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi world championship match alongside GM Robert Hess and IM Danny Rensch. Nobody can provide better insights than the world's number-two player, who was Carlsen...
The Russian-Latvian grandmaster, former world senior champion, chess opening revolutionary, writer, trainer, and outspoken GM Evgeny Sveshnikov has passed away at the age of 71. His death came only a few months after his mother had died at the age...
GM Pavel Anisimov (@PaulfromSPb) won the Chess.com Titled Tuesday tournament on March 23. The grandmaster from St. Petersburg (as his handle points out!) finished half a point ahead of GM Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru) and Dmitry Andreikin (@FairChess_...
More exciting matches took place during the sixth day of PogChamps 3 presented by GRIP6. The aggressive Neeko defeated Myth, and Ludwig quickly scored two points against CodeMiko. The last match of the day was an incredible battle between Sardoc...
