GM Hans Niemann sacrificed a knight and two rooks to beat IM Shreyas Royal in round four of the 2023 London Chess Classic before commenting, "the sound of chess speaking overpowers jealousy." The day's other headline news was GM Gukesh Dommaraju b...
Chess.com is excited to announce our new upgrade to the move list feature. The new move list is now cleaner and clearer, making it easier for you to follow variations and annotations or to analyze your own games. It also resembles the move list yo...
It's finally here. The biggest names in chess will be facing each other in one of the year's most prestigious events: the Finals of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour. A full season of chess tournaments has culminated in this showdown, as GMs Magnus Ca...
Big news! IM Danny Rensch's iconic 'Everything You Need To Know' series is now available on Chessable for free. The original videos have been viewed on YouTube over six million times since their release, and have now been re-recorded and optimized...
GM Magnus Carlsen says it's a dream come true to be holding the first ever classical Fischer-Random super-tournament, which will take place at a luxury resort on Germany's Baltic coast in February and feature eight of the world's top players. Fr...
IM Shreyas Royal played like a veteran grandmaster as he defeated world number-40 GM Amin Tabatabaei in round three of the 2023 London Chess Classic. It was a wild day, as all three players who had won a day earlier slipped to defeat, while GMs Gu...
The internet sensation Mittens is back—not only as the soul-crushing chess bot that broke the internet but also as an adorable plushie that you can own! Chess.com is excited to announce we'll be launching our merch store on December 9, now w...
It’s the last month of 2023, and this has been one of the biggest years ever for chess. A record number of players, a record number of games, and a spectacular year for bots fans (hehehe). What better way to celebrate than to bring back th...
GM Hikaru Nakamura's supremacy over Bullet Brawl has continued into December as the world number-three coasted to a 253 score and his fourth-straight $400 victory. Landing in second place on Saturday was GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, who finished on 229, ...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju pulled off a great escape against GM Nikita Vitiugov to retain the lead after round two of the 2023 London Chess Classic, with co-leader GM Michael Adams also drawing after a fierce fight with GM Hans Niemann. That let GM Andre...
Poland's IM Marcin Szymanski won the final round of the 2023 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship by half a point in October ahead of the second-placed "DanilinDP," and IMs Kacper Drozdowski and Mark Timmermans. This year's Championship broug...
GM-elect Vaishali Rameshbabu crossed 2500 FIDE to earn the grandmaster title at the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain on Friday. With her three GM norms previously attained, Vaishali has now fulfilled all of the requirements. The 22-year-old shared wh...
GMs Gukesh Dommaraju and Michael Adams picked up wins on the first day of the 2023 London Chess Classic, the 13th edition of an event that was first won by GM Magnus Carlsen back in 2009. GM Hans Niemann made a quiet draw after rushing in from Zag...
IM-elect Brewington Hardaway crossed the 2400 FIDE rating mark to earn the international master title at the U.S. Masters 2023 on Sunday at the Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina. Already having four IM norms, he should receive the title at ...
She spends her days—and nights—helping people focus on work and study, so this may not surprise you. But Lofi Girl now plays chess. The beloved anime character, who has become a global sensation with her unique blend of music and vis...
GM Judit Polgar, indisputably the greatest female player in chess history, believes that women-only events should continue to exist but asserts that women should not limit themselves, encouraging more participants in the open section. In a new i...
GM Fabiano Caruana added the 2023 Sinquefield Cup to his year of victories on Thursday. In his final round vs. GM Richard Rapport, Caruana combined strategic clarity with dynamic execution to break his opponent's defenses. Caruana dominate...
GM Hans Niemann won the historic Tournament of Peace 2023 in Zagreb on Thursday by a massive three-point margin ahead of the field. With a 2946 performance rating, the 20-year-old American player scored 8/9, winning seven and drawing two games aga...
The Champions Chess Tour Finals is almost upon us, and soon we'll get to enjoy watching GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, and more battling live in Toronto. To celebrate, Chess.com is offering all our basic members the opportun...
GMs Fabiano Caruana, Leinier Dominguez, and Wesley So lead the 2023 Sinquefield Cup on 4.5 points heading into the final round following a day of high-accuracy draws in all four matchups. The $100,000 first prize will likely be determined by the g...
IM Levy Rozman, (aka "GothamChess") was recently announced as one of Forbes Magazine's 30 under 30 in the class of 2024 in the "games" category, joining an illustrious group of entrepreneurs who were judged to be "leading a technological and artis...
After the weekend, you're back in school. You open the door. You're hit with thunder-like applause from all your classmates and teachers in the hallways; everyone's proud of you. For most teenagers, this fantasy happens only in dreams. But this ...
GM Alexander Grischuk and GM Hikaru Nakamura were the winners of the last two Titled Tuesday tournaments of November. Grischuk won the early tournament by a full point on 10/11 after defeating Nakamura in the 10th round, while Nakamura scored 9.5/...
After beginning the last leg with a massive lead in tour points, GM Fabiano Caruana has clinched the 2023 Grand Chess Tour with two rounds to spare at the 2023 Sinquefield Cup. He and GM Leinier Dominguez scored their second wins in a row on Tue...
Mongolia is the nation ranking highest for promoting gender equality in chess but—perhaps surprisingly—the Nordic countries occupy three of the four worst spots, a new study has revealed. Research commissioned by the World Chess Fede...