[Note: This article presents our current membership plans. Old premium members might have slightly different plans as we updated our prices and plans on September 1.] There are many ways to have a good time with chess. You can play it, study it,...
Chess Played Quick is a monthly event where streamers do live speed runs using Chess.com's features. Chess Played Quick: Endgames Edition is happening this month on February 18, starting at 9 a.m. PST/18:00 CET. The event will feature top stream...
Arena Kings Season 9 starts on February 2 at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CET and happens every Wednesday until May 4. The event features streamers battling in a series of 3+0 blitz arenas and knockout tournaments for their share of the $45,000 prize fund and ...
Chess.com's January Coach of the Month is Charlie Rosado, better known online as JapaneseTutor! Charlie is a well-known chess streamer, and one of the key characters of the Tournament Arc series. What some people might not know is that JapaneseT...
The 2022 Chess.com Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase is a world-class online rapid event series for all grandmasters, the top 10 women, and the top 10 Juniors in the world alongside 10 wildcards. From February 12 until August 21, thes...
Here at Chess.com, we will have our own unique on-site live feeds from the tournament hall for the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Add in the internet's largest chess community and best commentators (in any language—English, Rus...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix. With this victory, he qualified for the 2022 Candidates Tournament along with the event's runner-up GM Richard Rapport. The 2022 FIDE Grand Prix was a series of chess tournaments and part of the w...
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What, other than hopeless addiction, really keeps me coming back to chess? It's the battle for truth. At a high level, each grandmaster has their "truth" about the game, and a game between two strong players is often not really about ability ...
GM Magnus Carlsen won the 2022 Tata Steel Masters Tournament with a score of 9.5/13, which is his record-breaking eighth win at this prestigious tournament. GMs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Richard Rapport both scored 8/13. In the Challengers Tourn...
Chess Played Quick is a monthly event where streamers do live speed runs using Chess.com's features. Chess Played Quick: Puzzle Battle World Championship Qualifier is a special edition of the event starting on January 5 at 9 a.m. PST/18:00 ...
Chess.com's December coach of the month is GM Swapnil Dhopade! He is the first grandmaster from the Indian region of Vidarbha in the state of Maharashtra. He has coached the Indian women's team at several events including the Women's World Team ...
Chess.com people are the best! I already wrote in my old article that our fellow members are nice, intelligent and always ready to help you. That's why I never miss your comments, my dear readers, since they are always interesting and I learn a lo...
Chess.com is happy to announce the 2022 Daily Chess Championship is starting on December 31, 2021! This traditional daily chess event is open to all Chess.com members and has a prize fund of $5,000 and a special Daily Chess Champion trophy. Don't ...
The 2022 Puzzle Battle World Championship is a competition for top puzzle experts. A special Chess Played Quick: Puzzle Battle World Championship Qualifier occurred on January 5, which determined the final four players in the field. The main event...
After reading the title of this article, some of you, my dear readers, might think "oh no, not another 'secret' of the Soviet chess school." Indeed, recently we've seen too many similar "revelations." I can vividly see a blurb on one such book whi...
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...
The 2021 FIDE World Championship is about to begin! In just one day, the single most important match of the last three years will start after GM Ian Nepomniachtchi makes his first move to fight for the throne that is currently occupied by GM Magnu...
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 FIDE World Championship title match between GMs Magnus Carlsen and Ian "Nepo" Nepomniachtchi promises to excite fans of the game in advance. Like all major sporting clashes, there are a number of easy angles for spectators and pundits to ...
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...
Chess Played Quick is a monthly event where streamers do live speed runs using Chess.com's features. Chess Played Quick: Doubles (Bughouse) Edition starts on November 14 at 10 a.m. PST/19:00 CET. This month, top streamers will team up to compete...
Throughout our entire lives, we keep looking for the best. The best colleges, best workplaces, best vacation spots, etc. The list is endless. Of course, in our chess universe we also follow this same trend and search for the best games and best pl...
