Chess.com - Play Chess Online

Carlsen Beats MVL In Playoff, Wins Paris Grand Chess Tour

PeterDoggers 20 hrs ago

Magnus Carlsen defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a playoff to clinch the Paris Grand Chess Tour. Both players had finished on 24 points out of a possible 36, and shared the first two prizes to earn $31,250 each. Hikaru Nakamura came third on 23 points and made $20,000. Carlsen holding his trophy in front of the Château d'Asnières. | Photo: Maria Emelianova. Chess.com's interview with the winner in Paris. Whereas everything was quiet around the multiple Canal+ buildings along...

Carlsen Still On Top In Paris, Nakamura Close Behind

PeterDoggers 1 day ago

Magnus Carlsen still leads the Paris Grand Chess Tour but, with one day to go, Hikaru Nakamura is just one point behind. The American GM was the best blitz player on Saturday, scoring 7/9. Carlsen and Nakamura drew their mutual game today. | Photo: Maria Emelianova. Our interview with Magnus Carlsen after nine rounds of blitz. After a tumultuous evening, when Carlsen's interview with Maurice Ashley was the talk of the town on social media, the tournament saw another little controversy...

The Lonely Bishop Checkmate

GM Gserper 1 day ago

In my recent article, "The Lonely Knight Checkmate," I discussed a very uncommon situation where a checkmate is delivered by a knight and the winner has no other pieces on the board besides pawns. Such situations are indeed so rare that all the examples that I used were either composed studies or played by not well-known players. Therefore, when I was preparing the companion article about checkmates delivered by a lonely bishop, I expected even fewer examples available. Indeed, a knight is...

Mastering The Endgame: The Outside Passed Pawn

IM Anna_Rudolf 5 hrs ago

The outside passed pawn is one of the most powerful forces in the endgame, and IM Anna Rudolf has the definitive lesson on these little monsters.

ChessCenter: Should Women's Titles Be Eliminated?

ChessCenter 28 days ago

WFM Alexandra Botez and IM Danny Rensch discuss whether female titles and female-only chess events should exist. Don't miss some spectacular chess moves, all the Speed Champs and Grand Prix news, plus our look ahead to Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess.

Carlsen First At Paris Rapid, Heated In Interview

PeterDoggers 2 days ago

Magnus Carlsen came first in the rapid segment of the Paris Grand Chess Tour. He finished on 14 points, one more than Alexander Grischuk. Hikaru Nakamura is in third place, going into the blitz segment on Saturday and Sunday. Magnus Carlsen, asking Maurice Ashley: "What do you want me to do?"Photo: Lennart Ootes. For the tournament leader, the situation didn't change much: also after three days of play, he is one point ahead of the pack. Whereas Nakamura dropped back somewhat, scoring...

I’m Passionate About Squares

IM Silman 4 days ago

Many chess players have a limited understanding of the game. They think it’s all about mating the enemy king. They think it’s all about tactics and attack. They think it’s about creating threats. Of course, all these things are indeed part of chess, but there is so much more. And it’s these “other” things that turn a random “threat and tactics” player into a person who stands above the masses. In this article I’ll discuss the creation of weak...

Tactics Abound As Russia Leads In World Team Championship

NM SamCopeland 3 days ago

Never question the the home team. After round two in the World Team Championship, Russia trailed China and the Poland by one match point. After round five, they have switched places, leapfrogging China and Poland to lead by one point. With all the key matches between Russia, China, and Poland ahead, all results are still possible. Svidler helmed the Russian team in round three. Photo courtesy of the official site by Anastasia Balakhontseva. Round 3 Russia only won one game in their match against...

Stealing His Thunder

JoseDiaz 6 days ago

[[ ::item.author_chess_title ]] [[ item.date|phpToJsTimestamp|date:'MMM d, yyyy' ]]

Play Chess on the #1 Chess Site

Carlsen Beats MVL In Playoff, Wins Paris Grand Chess Tour

Carlsen Still On Top In Paris, Nakamura Close Behind

The Lonely Bishop Checkmate

Mastering The Endgame: The Outside Passed Pawn

ChessCenter: Should Women's Titles Be Eliminated?

Carlsen First At Paris Rapid, Heated In Interview

I’m Passionate About Squares

Tactics Abound As Russia Leads In World Team Championship

Stealing His Thunder

Daily Puzzle

Survey

Who will be the next chess player to be ranked #1 in the world?

Top Titled Players (129 Online)

Blitz

Bullet

Daily Chess