Established veterans face a new generation of up-and-coming talent in the Candidates Tournament, with three contenders under the age of 21. Meanwhile, teenagers continue to set new records and break the boundaries of what we thought was possible. ...
March's monthly update is here; it's time to catch up on everything that happened in February and get a preview of all the March madness heading your way. Unleash your inner detective with a murder mystery, celebrate International Women's Day wi...
Hi, my name is Lula. And I play chess... or at least I did, until I accidentally took an eight-month classical chess break and moved to Paris, France, to pursue my dreams as a chic cat mom. But now I'm back, and I just played my first tournament...
The game of chess didn't have a world championship until 1886. It took an additional 41 years for there to be a women's world championship, first held in 1927. Despite the shorter time period, there have been as many women's champions, 17,...
April may have been the cruelest month as far as T.S. Eliot was concerned, but in the chess world it's shaping up to be pretty great. Find out what happened in March and get some sneak previews and insights into April's highlights! Hint: we're goi...
The Main Event of the Pro Chess League begins on February 14. Sixteen teams will vie for a championship worth $25,000 for first place and $150,000 overall. Each team has six to ten players on the roster. Four will play each week, including at le...
The 2021 World Rapid & Blitz Championship and Women's Rapid & Blitz Championship are elite events organized by FIDE to determine the best players in fast time controls in the world. The championship gathered national champions and grandmas...
The 2021 U.S. Chess Championship is a 12-player, 11-round tournament that takes place October 5-19, 2021 in St. Louis to determine the next chess champion of the United States. The 2021 U.S. Women's Championship is being held concurrently with t...
The 2021 FIDE World Women's Team Championship will be held from September 27-October 2, 2021 and broadcast on Chess.com. Broadcast Schedule Teams Format Location Prize Fund Regulations Broadcast You can follow the 2021 Women's Team...
Competitive chess is a very demanding activity. It requires players to constantly keep the highest level of concentration, stay calm under the pressure and be creative throughout the whole fight. Unsurprisingly, each game has its own story. I have...
GM Hou Yifan won the 2021 Women's Speed Chess Championship after defeating GM Harika Dronavalli in the final match of the event. Harika was just one point behind Hou in the last game of the match, but the Chinese grandmaster managed to win the gam...
The FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship was an online competition for female players held between June 18 and July 20, 2020. The format consisted of four separate stages. GM Anna Ushenina defeated GM Alexandra Kosteniuk in the Super Fi...
China won the inaugural FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup on Sunday. Their Superfinal with the USA ended in 2-2, with China having draw odds for winning the round-robin phase. The full news report on the Superfinal can be found here. ...
The novel coronavirus has paralyzed the world, and unfortunately, there is no clear sign of it slowing down. It will take years if not decades to learn the final toll it took on humankind. Needless to say, chess was severely impacted, just like ev...
The 2019 World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships are underway in Moscow. How to watch Dates & schedule Participants Location Prizes Time control How to watch You can follow the games here (women's games here) as part...
This is our archive of older, completed chess tournaments and events. Click here for our calendar of current chess events! September 2021 Date Event Location September 7 Titled TuesdayOur weekly blitz event for titled players, an ...
On Friday, GM Hikaru Nakamura won his second-straight Speed Chess Championship title, defeating GM Wesley So by the score of 19.5-14.5. So came back from a four-game deficit early in the match and at one point was even leading the defending c...
The end of 1970s and the beginning of 1980s were definitely the peak of Anatoly Karpov's chess career. He was larger than life in the Soviet Union! His wedding with Irina Kuimova (you see, 40 years later I still remember the name of Karpov...
One of the premier events every calendar year, Norway Chess is jam packed with the best of the best. In the home town of World Champion Magnus Carlsen, GM Sergey Karjakin managed to escape with first place in 2013. Would 2014 be any different...
GM Irina Krush and IM Daniel Rensch put their tactical skill on the line in front of a live audience solving puzzles from Chess.com Tactics Trainer! In this interactive show Chess.com members suggest tactical ideas and our masters explain their th...
Another year brings another season of the United States Chess League. Per usual, a star-studded cast full of America's strongest competition make up the entire playing field. Of course, with this talented a pool, we're immediately treated to some ...
By GM Robert Hess and IM Teddy Coleman Chess.com and the world at large need no introduction to GM Hikaru Nakamura. 2015 was a fantastic year for the four-time United States chess champion. Nakamura, who is well-known for his blitz and bullet ...
Following this video guide, you'll retrace the steps of the Chess.com's greatest blitz and bullet combatants (Nakamura, Caruana, So...) as they wage a battle of wills in an epic three hour Death Match! Share the woes of time trouble, mouse slips, ...
Uncle Yermo is here with commentary on the Baku FIDE Grand Prix! Twelve super grandmasters have been assembled to compete for a spot in the Candidates Tournament of 2016, and Yermo has all the hot takes, highlights, and insights you are seeking. T...
You might have noticed a big change to the Chess.com TV schedule the last few weeks. To bring you the best-possible chess viewing experience, Chess.com launched the #ChessMonday marathon last month, packing each Monday with back-to-back chess show...
