64 Squares. 195 Countries. Chess is a universal language, but every nation speaks it with a unique flair. In this series, Global Grandmasters, I’m traveling the map to profile one legendary player from every country on Earth. From the pione...
Hi! Semi-good news from my personal laptop: it now switches on. But that's about it. I can go two ways. One is a dead end, the other is an infinite loop. So there's more work to be done. Random connections When I'm in a conversation a...
The most significant chess news for March 22, 2026, centers on final preparations for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament and a series of dominant performances by GM Nihal Sarin. Candidates Tournament 2026: Venue & Safety ConcernsSafety A...
This post is about self-encouragement. It is easy to feel down after losing a game, and there are degrees of it, depending how attached you are to the result. The suffering you experience after a loss is inversely proportional to the joy you ex...
Chess960 (also called Fischer Random Chess) has produced several famous games, mostly played by top grandmasters in special tournaments. Because the starting position is randomized, these games are famous for creativity and unusual tactics. ...
This post is about Grandmaster's creativity. What kind of moves can GMs think of which may not be appearing in our thoughts, us mere mortals ? @MagnusCarlsen Levon Aronian There are around 1850 active GMs in the world today. difficult ...
The Powerhouse of the Caucasus: Ten Armenian Grandmasters Who Built a Chess DynastyArmenia is one of the most successful chess nations per capita in the world. Despite its small population, the country has produced an extraordinary number of elite...
Urodził się w Japonii, w 1987 jego rodzina przeniosła się do Stanów Zjednoczonych. W 2001 zwyciężył w turnieju juniorów w Tulsie oraz zdobył w Oropesa del Mar tytuł wicemistrza świata juniorów ...
Pierwsze szachowe turnieje rozegrał w roku 2001, szybko ściągając na siebie uwagę szachowych ekspertów. Dwa lata później posiadał już tytuł mistrza międzynarodowego, a w roku 2004 otrzymał tytuł arcymistrza, stając się drug...
Welcome to 2026! We had another great year at Chess.com in 2025, all because of you. As we enter the new year, let's take a look back at the last month of action—GM Magnus Carlsen's continued dominance, our annual Chess.com Awards commu...
THANK U FOR READING MY BLOGS SO LETS GET STARTED 1. MAGNUS CARLSEN 2. HIKARU NAKAMURA 3. FABIANO CARUANA 4. VINCENT KEYMAR 5.ARJUN ERIGAISI 6. ANISH GIRI 7. ALIREZA FIROUZJA 8.PRAGGNANANDHAA RAMESHBABU 9. WEI YI 10....
Location: Schloss Weissenhaus, Germany | Date: February 15, 2026 CHAPTER I: THE PHILOSOPHICAL SHIFTThe 2026 FIDE Freestyle World Championship isn't just another tournament; it is a rebellion. For decades, the "Draw Death" of chess—driven b...
In this week's blog ECF Director Yuri Krylov reports from his visit to the Speed Chess Championships in London. The Speed Chess Championship Finals by Yuri Krylov In early February Chess.com rolled into town to host the 2025 Speed Chess Champi...
It is the 3rd round of one of the hardest chess tournaments in the world, the 1940 USSR championship. The future world champion, Mikhail Botvinnik, had been a grandmaster since he was 14, was paired with a nineteen-year-old player who was barely k...
Daniel Naroditsky's Death Ruled An Accident, Report By Medical Examiner ShowsDaniel Naroditsky (1995-2025). Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.Daniel Naroditsky's Death Ruled An Accident, Report By Medical Examiner ShowsAvatar of TarjeiJSTarjeiJS ...
This is a full, detailed portrait of Hikaru Nakamura, covering his life, chess career, style, personality, streaming career, and legacy. 1. Basic Identity Full name: Hikaru Nakamura Born: December 9, 1987 Place of birth:...
1. Fide Master (FM) The FIDE Master (FM) title is a significant milestone in a chess player’s career, representing the bridge between strong amateur play and professional-level expertise. As the third-highest title awarded by the Internation...
What is hearty, healthy, and packed with flavor that players search for after arriving at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, a windy coastal town outside Amsterdam in the Netherlands? Dutch split pea soup (known locally as erwtensoep...
Side note: Guys at this point I am just surprised of Magnus Carlsen like I had to refresh the screen because I thought I was imagining when Magnus won the World Blitz Championship Alright sorry about that the topic about this blog is somebo...
Magnus Carlsen has been the #1 player in the world for the past 16 years (since January of 2010) and has dominated top level chess ever since. He has won all the top tournaments multiple times including having won classical, rapid and blitz world ...
We Watched It Live: The 2025 World Rapid & Blitz Was Absolute Madness (and We’ll Remember It) If you followed the 2025 World Rapid & Blitz Championships, you know exactly what I mean.And if you didn’t… this was one of t...
2025 was a marvelous year. This is my final blog of 2025. 2025 is a perfect square year. The square root of 2025 is 45. 45 squared = 45 x 45 = 2025. That was mathematically interesting of the year 2025. Perfect square years only happen once in a c...
Hello chess world. I am Turtlemandchess and today I am writing about GM Javokhir Sindarov one of my favorite young chess players. Today, spread out in multiple sections we will go from Sindarov's early life up to the 2025 World Cup. Early Life...
Dear,readers,welcome to my last blog in 2025! They say the best way to improve at chess is to study the endgame, but I think the best way to improve as a writer is to just... keep showing up. GM-Dimitrios-M Phew-we made it! If you told me a...
The title of classical world champion is the greatest prestige in all of chess, synonymous with being the best player of the era. To become world champion, one must show a high level of competence to claim a spot in the eight player candidates tou...
