Beating Someone Once Is Not Revenge
Beating Someone Once Is Not Revenge To celebrate Magnus Carlsen's battle against 115,000+ players in ...
GM Explains How Passion And Hard Work Make The Most Out Of Coaching
Our first Coach of the Month in 2025 is GM Danyyil Dvirnyy! Danyyil moved to Italy with his family in 2003, turned professional in chess before graduating high school, and obtained his grandmaster title in 2013 at the age of 22. That same year, he...
"Be Bold, And Share Your Ideas With Others": Meet The Creator Behind The Creator Cup
Matt Perchard, a.k.a. houseline, is a relative newcomer to the field of chess content creation, but he has already accomplished something few creators have: organize a successful online chess streaming tournament. The Creator Cup is but the first ...
Ringing In The New Year At Chess.com
As great as 2024 was at Chess.com, 2025 figures to be even better. Now is the time to look forward to the next 12 months, but not before we also check out what happened in the previous month. Here's what this update covers: Events Pro...
10 Tips To Succeed With Your New Year's Chess Goals!
This year, we have launched a new initiative at Chess.com that I'm really excited about—the 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge! Over 25,000 people have signed up and set goals for their improvement in 2025. I'm excited to see what the communit...
We’re looking into poker!
At Chess.com, we're exploring new ways to help people train their minds beyond the chessboard. We are researching interest in learning-focused poker platforms. We want to hear from you. The short survey below should take less than two minutes. F...
We're looking into brain games!
At Chess.com, we're exploring new ways to help people train their minds beyond the chessboard. We are researching interest in brain training games: quick, engaging mini-games designed to boost skills like memory, focus, processing speed, and probl...
Arena Kings Results 2025
Arena Kings is a weekly event where streamers play in blitz arenas for their share of a $1,500 prize fund. Arenas run every Wednesday starting at 12:00 p.m. ET/18:00 CET. In this article, you will find the results for all the arenas that happened ...
Chess.com Official 2025 Event Rulebook (Archive)
In this article, you can find the official rules for all 2025 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...
Chessable's Andras Toth Shares Top Coaching Games, Puzzles, And Tips
IM Andras Toth is an international master, decades-long chess coach, popular Chessable author, streamer, and more. Andras was the 2021 Chessable Author of the Year and has even co-authored a course with fellow Hungarian GM Judit Polgar. Now based ...
Sagar Shah On World Champion Gukesh, Samay Raina, Chess In India, And More
IM Sagar Shah, cofounder and CEO of ChessBase India, is a major force for chess not just in India, but throughout the entire chess world. Chess would not be where it is today without the work that Sagar and ChessBase India have done to cover and p...
Becoming The Next Great "Internet's Chess Teacher"
WGM Dina Belenkaya recently reached the major milestone of 250,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel! It was a natural occasion to finally honor her as the Chess.com Creator of the Month. Dina's content is always a hit, whether she is playing and...
New Champions On Their Way Ahead Of 2025
The end of the year is always a busy time, and Chess.com along with the rest of the chess world are not exempt. Right now there is an ongoing world championship, and everyone from content to Chessable is getting in on the fun. Soon, there will be ...
Will Gukesh Be The Next FIDE World Champion? Here Are SmarterChess' Predictions
The 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship will showcase the current champion GM Ding Liren and 18-year-old rising star GM Gukesh Dommaraju. The match will take place at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore, the first world championship hosted in So...
Gold Medalist Shares His Top Coaching Game
GM Srinath Narayanan is one of Chess.com's most impressive and accomplished Coaches of the Month yet. Most recently, Srinath made headlines as the captain of India's team at the 2024 Chess Olympiad that scored an amazing 21/22 to win gold! Srinath...
A World Championship Starts As A Year Nears Its End
The end of the year is always a busy time in chess, and that is true once again as we enter the final two months of 2024. There is a world championship starting, while past world champions are—virtually—on the comeback trail in what wa...
International Master Explains How To Get The Most Out Of Coaching
IM Alex Astaneh Lopez earned his international master title in 2011, but he is more than just a great chess player. Alex coached the Irish junior team in the 2010 World Youth Championships and has helped countless individuals improve their chess a...
Challenges Of The Family Chess Tradition. A Lesson in Letting It Go
I never imagined I would be one of those uncompromising parents who push their fearful child off the boat, in the middle of a lake, to teach her to swim, fast, and the hard way. Yet, here I stood battling with my eight-year-old daughter, Lea*, in ...
Online Chess Unites Prisoners Worldwide
The FIDE Social Commission (dedicated to using chess as a tool for social development) organized, in cooperation with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, the 4th FIDE Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners as part of FIDE&rsq...
How I Turned My Chess.com Blog Into A Book!
I started my chess blog, really, because I couldn’t figure out what else to do during the dead time of a day. Some people, I suppose, apply makeup, or scroll on social media, or listen to podcasts, but, when I was waiting for a train or some...
The Chess Revolution: Understanding The Power Of An Ancient Game In The Digital Age
My book The Chess Revolution tells the story of how chess impacted our Western culture, and how it was impacted itself by the computer and the Internet. It is for chess fans but definitely also for non-chess playing readers. I am super excited tha...
Chess.com And World Champions, A Winning Combination
There's a lot going on at Chess.com right now, and world champions are at the forefront: GM Magnus Carlsen keeps winning Chess.com events; GM Garry Kasparov brings a video course to Chessable; a game of chess between GM Viswanathan Anand and the w...
Inspiring The Next Generations Of Women To Create
In less than two years, Phoebe Witte has already earned more than 15,000 followers on Instagram and another 17,000 on Twitch. In addition to everything she does on her own channel, Phoebe has also brought her commentary skills to WGM Dina Belenkay...
What Endgames Say About Your Chess, From A Top Teacher And Coach
Chris White is an elementary school teacher of more than 20 years, which has helped make him an excellent coach for scholastic, beginner, and intermediate students. He also runs the Novice Chess Channel on YouTube, with lessons aimed at novice pla...