Morphy. Capablanca. Fischer. Most chess fans know these legendary names. Other young players, like GM Abhimanyu Mishra or ChessKid FM Tani Adewumi, are known to chess fans right now and we await to see just how good they will become. And...
GM Wesley So won the inaugural Chess.com Global Championship in November 2022. This event was the first Chess.com championship with a cycle open to all of our verified players. Players competed in official Chess.com verified events for their share...
The 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG is the latest edition of Chess.com's top event for young players, featuring a $35,000 prize fund. This year's edition began March 31 and lasts until the final on June 6. The ...
Titled Tuesday is Chess.com's weekly 11-round Swiss tournament for titled players, occurring every Tuesday. The events start at 17:00 CEST. You can learn more about the current Titled Tuesday season on our dedicated Events page. GM Hikaru Nakamu...
Enjoy your weekend and rest up, for next Monday it will once again be time for Chess.com's premier blitz event: the Main Event of the Speed Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. The tournament begins with the November 8 matchup between GMs Ani...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the Main Event of the 2021 Speed Chess Championship on December 19—winning his fourth consecutive title. Nakamura defeated GM Wesley So in the final by a dominating score of 23-8. The event ran from November 8-Dec...
Pro Chess League: Arena Royale is a tournament featuring teams from the PRO Chess League competing for a $100,000 prize fund. The Arena Royale will run from September 16 through September 24 as a prelude to the return of the PRO Chess League ...
The 2021 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid was an online competition for top junior chess players. The event ran from June 7 through October 19 and featured a total prize fund of $35,000 for the competition. For the seco...
From the very origin of our beautiful game to the current global online chess phenomenon, India has contributed significantly to the world of chess. Historical records show that the 8x8 chessboard dates from the days of Mahabharata and Ramayana. B...
GM Alireza Firouzja won the main event of the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship after defeating GMs Vladislav Artemiev, Hikaru Nakamura, and Andrew Tang. Firouzja's exceptional performance has put the 17-year-old supergrandmaster back in the spotligh...
In April 2016, the GM Blitz Battle Championship kicked off on Chess.com with seven of the world's top blitz players plus one qualifier open to grandmasters and international masters with FIDE ratings of 2500+. I started closely tracking the r...
In just three days from now, one of the biggest events of 2020 starts: the $100,000 Speed Chess Championship Main Event with GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Magnus Carlsen as the top seeds. What can we expect? How to watch? The game...
Past results are one of the best predictors when it comes to online chess events. The 2020 Speed Chess Championship features players from past speed chess championships, junior speed chess championships, and other qualifiers who have played s...
After a rigorous qualification cycle, this Sunday will kick off the 2020 Speed Chess Championship. With GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Magnus Carlsen listed as the top players in the field, this year's competition stands to be the toughest edition...
The grandmaster title is the highest title awarded in chess. Chess titles are awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). As of the September 2020 FIDE rating list, there are 1721 grandmasters in the world. One question that often comes ...
The Speed Chess Championship Invitational is a 16-player knockout tournament from which the winner will qualify for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. It will be held Sunday, October 25, 2020 and has a $8,000 prize fund. How to...
The 2020 Speed Chess Championship has been expanded with a brand new, multi-event qualification system and a significantly increased total prize fund of $250,000 (a $150,000 increase over the 2019 event). The main 16-player SCC Ma...
The 2020 Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championships sponsored by ChessKid was a 16-player knockout tournament among the top junior players in the world. In this second edition, there was a total prize fund of $25,000 on the line. Bracket ...
Who will be the next World Champion? There's a good bet that it's one of the young prodigies, Alireza Firouzja, Jeffery Xiong and Nihal Sarin. GM Melik Khachiyan demonstrates what makes these stars unique. Try The Challenges! Not what you're lo...
The traditional Leon Chess Festival will be played online this year on Chess.com, July 10-18. Up to four different events will take place: a Masters tournament with four very strong grandmasters, an open blitz tournament where ...
Who will be the next world champion? As we witnessed GM Alireza Firouzja beat GM Magnus Carlsen in a very close match a few weeks ago, we’re starting to consider who will eventually beat Carlsen for the world champion title. While Firouzja...
At the end of the last century when I played one of the big American open tournaments (I think it was North American Open in Las Vegas), I stumbled upon a very interesting book at the concession stand. Well, since the book was written by GM John...
The Junior Speed Chess Championship kicks off on May 16 and will feature 16 of the top players in the world age 21 and under. The players are seeded by their FIDE ratings at the time the invitations were sent out. Here's a look at the 2019 ...
The game of chess just keeps getting younger and younger! Grandmaster titles are now being achieved at twelve, thirteen, and fourteen years of age. Young talents are able to take advantage of the wealth of information, consistent and regular tourn...
