Have you heard of the 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge? It's a massive group of chess players supporting each other and working on their goals for the year. Members gain access to our Improvers Club, study guides, and year-round content. They...
GM Koneru Humpy won the 2024 FIDE Women's World Rapid Chess Championship, her second time winning the world-class event. The 37-year-old also finished ninth in the Swiss portion of the FIDE Women's World Blitz Chess Championship 2024, just barely ...
Credit for this article goes to Torsten Blass, a professional data analyst who runs The Data Digest, a YouTube channel. You can visit his channel at https://www.youtube.com/@TheDataDigest. Titled Tuesday is always a popular event, and that...
The 2024 prize money figures are in, and it was another big year for the world's best chess players. Just in tournament winnings alone, two players won over a million dollars, six made $400,000—more than the President of the United States!&m...
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...
The 2024 Champions Chess Tour Finals was an exciting event with many thrilling encounters, combinations, and blunders: everything chess spectators love to watch. In this smorgasbord of "tasty" chess, you could easily miss the following one: Wh...
2024 was full of great games. We had it all: surprising opening ideas, unusual tactical themes, unexpected defensive resources, devastating attacks. I had the pleasure of dedicating many hours during the past year to an in-depth analysis of the be...
Community Broadcasts are a powerful way to share your chess events with the global community on Chess.com. Whether you're hosting a local tournament or an international invitational for individual players or teams, Community Broadcasts let you dis...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
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...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju recently became the youngest ever undisputed classical chess world champion, at just 18 years old. He joins a long line of amazing chess prodigies dating back more than a century. You may have seen this famous photo of a young ...
Editor's Note: We are proud to present this study guide from GM Arturs Neiksans as part of our 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge. We encourage interested improvers to sign up for the challenge, set their goals, and join the official Improvers club!...
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 ...
Which players stood out in 2024? Who delivered the best performances, played the most games, or gained the most rating points? Which events captured chess fans worldwide, and what moments dominated the headlines and on social media? It's time to r...
Editor's Note: We are proud to present this study guide from CM Can Kabadayi as part of our 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge. We encourage interested improvers to sign up for the challenge, set their goals, and join the official Improvers clu...
Editor's Note: We are proud to present this study guide from WGM Dina Belenkaya as part of our 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge. We encourage interested improvers to sign up for the challenge, set their goals, and join the official Improvers club!...
Editor's Note: We are proud to present this study guide from NM Robert Ramirez as part of our 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge. We encourage interested improvers to sign up for the challenge, set their goals, and join the official Improvers club! ...
Editor's Note: We are proud to present this study guide from NM Dane Mattson as part of our 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge. We encourage interested improvers to sign up for the challenge, set their goals, and join the official Improvers club! ...
Are you ready to rage against the machine and score your first win against a Chess.com Beginner bot? We're going to break down a winning game plan against bots in the 250 to 700 rating range. Get ready to plant a flag or two in the mountain, hop t...
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...
Your favorite annual chess quiz tradition is back for the 2024 holidays. Play the puzzler by clicking here. Enjoy this year's quiz, and see if you can win one of our prizes for a top score! Update, January 6, with answers and winners: ...
