Andrey Malkhasyan is an expert player and chess coach. Born in Armenia but currently based in the USA, he is actively working towards his national master title. He has been a coach at the American Chess Academy since 2017, teaching the game to man...
Chess Played Quick is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes. Chess Played Quick - Variants (Bingo Edition) starts on August 25 at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CEST. Streamers will play multiple chess variants to ...
Historic recurrence is a well-known phenomenon that has been discussed for centuries. There are two well-known quotes on this subject that most of us have known since childhood: "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce." by Karl Ma...
Another month has gone by, and there’s a lot to talk about! What are some of the highlights? The 44th Chess Olympiad has officially started, we're making it easier than ever for you to start streaming chess, one of your favorite tournaments ...
WFM Anna Cramling was always destined to be part of the chess world. As the daughter of two grandmasters, GM Pia Cramling and GM Juan Manuel Bellón López, Anna was exposed to the world of professional chess at a young age. A competit...
Arena Kings is a weekly event where streamers play in blitz arenas for their share of 400 Twitch subs. Arenas run every Wednesday starting at 9:00 a.m. PT/18:00 CEST. In this article, you will find the results for all the arenas that happened in 2...
Street Chess is a five-part series portraying the non-traditional environments where chess has been silently influencing generations of players. The series is meant to give a voice to the communities that do not fall into the conventional settings...
GM Bobby Fischer produced hundreds of brilliant chess moves and it is very difficult to say which one is the most beautiful. We can argue that his famous move 19.Rf6!! against GM Pal Benko was the tastiest one, since it was depicted on a cake. H...
July's Club of the Month is the Nashville Chess Center. This over-the-board chess club was established in September 1995 and seeks to promote the game of chess on a local level. The club has been actively organizing chess programs in schools (publ...
The 2022 Candidates Tournament just finished last week, and I already see discussions about the coming world championship match. Will the challenger perform better this time, or is it going to be another one-sided victory for the world champion? I...
IM Pawel Weichhold is a Polish chess coach who offers high-quality instruction online. With a FIDE rating of 2430 as well as a GM norm, he's well-equipped to teach players of all levels, from beginners to advanced competitors. And lucky for you, h...
Chess Played Quick is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers do speedruns and complete bounties for prizes. The 2022 Chess Played Quick Bullet Edition starts on July 21 at 10 a.m. PT/19:00 CEST. The event features top streamers d...
There are plenty of reasons to teach your kids how to play chess. Spending time together on a shared interest can strengthen your connection to each other, support your child's personal growth and self-confidence, and even boost their STEM skills....
Can you guess how many games of chess people played against each other on Chess.com in June? The answer might surprise you: 257,503,084. That's 99 new games started between players every single second—and that's without counting an additio...
Chess has a long tradition of matches for the highest crown. Even after 50 years, perhaps the Match of the Century still reigns supreme as the greatest competition between a challenger and a defending champion. My reflection on the World Chess Cha...
June's Club of the Month is the Dan Heisman Learning Center (DHLC). The club's founder, NM Dan Heisman, is an award-winning chess author and full-time chess instructor who has been sharing his knowledge for decades in person, on YouTube, and acros...
Chess.com's latest Coach of the Month is the multi-talented Jack Rodgers. Jack is a FIDE expert-class player who has coached elite schools and private classes for eight years. As well as being the Australian chess team captain and manager, Jack is...
The main chess event of the year, the 2022 Candidates Tournament, is already underway and by now only a lazy person wouldn't provide a prediction. While I hate to be called lazy, I cannot give you my pick for the simple reason that I have no idea!...
The 2022 FIDE Candidates tournament begins on June 16, and the eyes of the chess world will be fixed on Madrid for the most important tournament of the year. While the pandemic is not over, over-the-board chess has definitely returned after a near...
ChessBrainiac is a talented young chess player who's aiming for the NM title in the near future, with a current USCF rating of 2121. Just over a year ago, he started streaming his chess journey on Twitch, reaching milestones like a 2700 blitz rati...
It's the biggest question on everybody's mind this month: Who will win the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament and challenge World Champion Magnus Carlsen for the crown? There are eight candidates, and each has a chance to play for the highest title i...
Chess.com's Polish Director FM Dawid Czerw sat down with GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, one of the youngest players in the 2022 Candidates Tournament field and the man who broke GM Magnus Carlsen's record-breaking undefeated streak. Among other things, Du...
In this article, you can find the official rules for all Chess.com events with prize money. Use the table of contents below to jump to a specific event. All prize money events are also subject to the Chess.com Competitive Events Policy and the Fai...
Chess Played Quick is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes. Chess Played Quick Bot Battles Bingo Edition starts on June 13 at 10 a.m. PT/19:00 CEST. For two hours, streamers will do their best to be...
