Sophie Davis is making a name for herself in the content world, with more than 18,000 followers each on both Twitch and TikTok. With several streams a week of "cheeky chess" and a growing catalog of equally cheeky short form content, Sophie's chan...
If you've ever been to a brick-and-mortar chess club, you may think they all offer the same experience: a place to find other chess enthusiasts and play some games in person. The Columbia Chess Club, run by James Brandmair and Brandon Jordan, off...
There are at least two ways chess players can measure their performance: by rating and by prize money won. And now, it is easier than it was a month ago to track rating, or for players to win some prizes. Read on to see how you can better track yo...
NM Bryan Tillis is one of Chessable's longest tenured and most prolific authors, with courses on several openings and other topics, and his latest course about 1.e4 openings is out now. Bryan has been the lead coach at Palm Beach Chess since 2014,...
Now that the Candidates Tournament is behind us, it's time to turn our attention to the next biggest chess event of the year: the Esports World Cup (EWC). You might've thought I was going to say the World Championship, in which the historic Cand...
IM Anna Rudolf is one of the very best commentators, ambassadors, and creators in chess. After a highly successful playing career that saw her join the Hungarian Olympiad team and win three Hungarian Women's Championships, she became one of the ea...
Chess fans recently enjoyed some of the biggest classical tournaments and biggest online blitz tournaments that exist. From the Candidates Tournament to the Chess.com Open to PogChamps 6 7, there was no shortage of chess action in the past month. ...
IM Yaacov Norowitz's love of chess is very apparent, and this passion for the game is one of the main things he passes on to his students. Yaacov is also a Chessable author, where his third course, The Yaac Attack - Fajarowicz Gambit for Black, is...
The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament is an event a true chess aficionado can only dream about. Exciting chess, a tour de force by GM Javokhir Sindarov, and unprecedented online coverage. And yet, as I watch some games, I feel a quiet sense of sadne...
WIM Anna Kantane, known on Twitch and YouTube as KantannaChess always balances her enthusiastic streaming with an active playing career and motherhood. Anna has been streaming and creating content for 2.5 years, and continues to grow her audience ...
Things are opening up on Chess.com, where the Chess.com Open Playoffs are coming up, and a brand new way to study openings on Chessable also available. And with the Candidates Tournament ongoing in addition to the Chess.com Open, there's no shorta...
As the world's leading chess platform, we're happy and excited to see that many people are choosing Chess.com to run their events. We want to be the best platform for you to organize and play great events. As more events take place on Chess.com,...
GM Yaroslav "Yaro" Zherebukh has an impressive resume as a player, when he won the 2015 U.S. Masters and later qualified for the 2017 U.S. Championship, where he won his game against defending champion GM Fabiano Caruana. Yaro has an equally impre...
The chess world holds its breath as it awaits the start of the most important over-the-board tournament of the year. The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament and 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament kick off on March 29 at 8:30 a.m. ET / 14:30 CEST ...
FM Ilija Stanojevic—Eleyah on YouTube and Eleyah.fm on Instagram—is finding ways to both educate and entertain viewers, whether with in-depth, long form analysis of opening variations and other serious chess topics, or dramatic, short ...
As the first quarter of 2026 enters its final weeks, some of the biggest tournaments in both online and over-the-board chess are happening, with the Chess.com Open starting March 14 and the Candidates Tournament, to determine the next world champi...
A national master from Southern California, NM Craig Clawitter also has a winning career record against a certain grandmaster—technically. (You'll have to read on to see who and under what circumstances!) For more than 20 years, Craig h...
Asmoada (first name Alex) has been streaming chess for only 11 months, yet in that time she has not just already built an audience of thousands of followers, but her chess has greatly improved as well—by 500-800 Elo rating points in various ...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, and Denis Lazavik made the semifinals of the Speed Chess Championship, and the time has come. Whether you're reading this before or after the big February 6-8 weekend festivities, you can see ...
For some, chess is just a game. For others, it's a hobby or a sport. But for children growing up in the slums of Mombasa, Kenya, chess can be something even more powerful—hope. Promoting Queens is an initiative committed to changing the li...
You know her as Unclejessi on Twitch and Chessi-G on Chess.com. Either way, our Chess.com Creator of the Month for January 2026 knows how to put on a chess stream. It takes a particular love of the game to go from a part-time variety streamer to a...
GM Mauricio Flores started playing chess when he was 10 years old, and didn't have a titled coach until he was 15, improving primarily through chess books and self-analysis of his games. He nonetheless became a grandmaster and a three-time Chilean...
Welcome to 2026! We had another great year at Chess.com in 2025, all because of you. As we enter the new year, let's take a look back at the last month of action—GM Magnus Carlsen's continued dominance, our annual Chess.com Awards community ...
We live in unprecedented times when AI and the Digital Revolution are reshaping how we live. Recently, Elon Musk even suggested that, in 15 to 20 years, work will be optional and money irrelevant. It is difficult to argue with on...
In this article, you can find the official rules for all 2026 Chess.com events with prize money that are already over. Use the table of contents below to jump to a specific event. All prize money events are also subject to the Chess.com Competitiv...
