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Today, the stage is set mainly for the young. Celebratory news pieces, including our own on Chess.com, often highlight the accomplishments of the next up-and-coming player. These days, there's lots of talk about GMs Alireza Firouzja, Nodirbek Abdu...
If you frequent chess forums, you are probably familiar with the never-ending debates about the strength of chess players from various eras. There will always, for example, be a person making the traditional claim that any decent master today woul...
WGM Petra Papp is a skilled coach and experienced chess player who offers online instruction for students of all levels. With a FIDE rating of 2336, she's able to offer high-level insights and tactical advice to elevate her students' games to the ...
Announcing the 2022 Bughouse World Championship! This year’s tournament will consist of Arena Qualifiers, followed by a Group Stage, and ending with a Single Elimination Bracket to determine the world champions. The event runs from October 1...
Few would question that, in an ideal world, the best chess player would be the world champion and vice versa. We can agree that GM Magnus Carlsen, who has been world number-one by rating since 2010 and world champion since 2013, is both. But at so...
WFM Maria Emelianova, also known as PhotoChess, has been a fixture in the modern chess scene for years now. In addition to being a chess player, commentator, and photojournalist, her Twitch channel is also one of the most popular chess streams on ...
The biggest tournament in Chess.com's history is about to enter its most exciting phase yet. The Chess.com Global Championship Knockouts start on September 14 at 4 a.m. PT/13:00 CET and will feature 64 of the strongest players on the planet. ...
Chess Played Quick is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes. Chess Played Quick - Puzzles (Bingo Edition) starts on September 22 at 9 a.m. PT/18:00 CEST. Streamers will play a series of puzzle ...
In August, Steffen Slumstrup Nielsen of Denmark became the new world champion of study composition. In November, he will be officially awarded in Fujairah, UAE. Interviewed by Chess.com, Nielsen tells about the world of chess studies. "I'm a lit...
The Chess.com Global Championship Knockouts is almost upon us, with 64 of the strongest players in the world getting ready to compete for the title of Global Champion. Before planning how you'll spend the $100,000 prize of the CGC Knockouts bracke...
The Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz event is in the history books already, providing a lot of food for thought. First and foremost, let's talk about the phenomenal performance of GM Alireza Firouzja. It immediately brings memories of the famous Herzog...
Another month has passed by quickly. Check out the latest news and updates from Chess.com as we continue to make your online chess experience the best it can be! Here's what this update covers: Product & Engineering Events Community C...
Today, half a century ago, was a historic day for chess, and the whole world was watching. GM Bobby Fischer had done it! He fought, almost single-handedly, against the Soviet chess machine, and emerged as the first American world champion of chess...
This edition of Club of the Month celebrates one of the most unique clubs on Chess.com: 4 Player Chess. Devoted to one of the most interesting chess variants, the 4 Player Chess club has an active community of around 25,000 members who love the fo...
The FTX Crypto Cup was an exciting tournament where any chess player could find something to love. For me, the most attractive part of the tournament was its abundance of blunders. Yes, you read that correctly! Now, let me explain my point. ...
Have you ever wondered how much money the top chess players can make by winning games? There are so many tournaments and matches run by various organizers that it's extremely hard to track how much prize money the best chess players have won in th...
GM Vishnu Prasanna is India's 33rd grandmaster. He has worked as a second to GM Baskaran Adhiban and has also coached many chess players since 2016 including GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly. India's second-highest-rated player, GM Gukesh D, is also ...
GM Bobby Fischer, the 11th world champion of chess, is arguably the most controversial person to play the game. He was a great fighter, and some will claim he's the best who ever lived after winning the greatest world championship match in hi...
The 2022 Rapid Chess Championship Finals start tomorrow! The field of superstars qualifying from the regular season is finally set, with GM Hikaru Nakamura leading the pack. They are now ready to join the four invited heavyweights, GMs Ding Liren,...
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 ...
GM Magnus Carlsen made waves with his recent decision not to play in the 2023 World Championship. However, he is hardly the first world champion to quit or criticize the championship system, or otherwise tire of the role or leave its acquisition t...
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...
