The 2024 FIDE World Championship between defending World Champion Ding Liren and Challenger Gukesh Dommaraju continues on Wednesday, December 4, at 4:00 a.m. ET / 10:00 CET / 2:30 p.m. IST / 5:00 p.m. local time in Singapore. Ding will hav...
India's GM Gukesh Dommaraju had Chinese World Champion Ding Liren on the ropes in game seven of the 2024 FIDE World Championship, with a heartbreaking move-40 blunder looking likely to cost Ding the game even after he'd found a way to survive. He ...
NM Isaac Chiu and NM Jalen Wang respectively won Qualifiers 1 and 2 of the 2024 Crazyhouse Championship, the final event of the Chess.com Community Championship series. Qualifier 3 is on Tuesday, December 3, at 1:30 p.m. ET/19:30 CET/12:00 a.m. ...
A new conference during the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships in New York is set to bridge the world of chess and finance. The event is bound to be a treat for anyone able to afford the $1,000 ticket—or the $5,000 VIP tickets t...
GM Fabiano Caruana won the 2024 U.S. Masters with 8/9, winning all of his games except for a loss in round six against GM Nikolas Theodorou, who finished in clear second. Besides receiving $7,500 plus a trophy, Caruana also gains 17.11 FIDE Circui...
Do you hear what I hear? It’s the sound of Chess.com’s Holiday Bots! Santa and some familiar favorites are back and ready to challenge you to some chess games as the year wraps up. Find out if you’re naughty or nice by taking o...
GM Arjun Erigaisi became the 15th player in history to break the 2800 Elo barrier in standard chess ratings and only the second Indian player to do so after GM Viswanathan Anand. With 2801, Arjun is the world number-four on the December 2024 FIDE ...
"I just like playing chess!" said Indian GM Gukesh Dommaraju after rejecting a draw by repetition in game six of the 2024 FIDE World Championship. It was a decision that could have backfired, as World Champion Ding Liren had chances to push for a ...
13 months of silver and bronze medals have come to an end for GM Jose Martinez, who rose to capture his fourth Bullet Brawl title and the $400 first prize in Saturday's event. Battling against GMs Hikaru Nakamura, GM Daniel Naroditsky, and 188 oth...
World Champion Ding Liren was unable to punish GM Gukesh Dommaraju after the Indian star blundered in game five of the 2024 FIDE World Championship, leaving the scores tied at 2.5-2.5 with nine games to go. Gukesh surprised observers by picking th...
GM Nihal Sarin won the 3rd President Cup, a strong, nine-round Swiss held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He earned the $25,000 first prize after scoring 7.5/9 undefeated with a performance rating of 2809. Final Standings | Top 15 Rk. ...
Seventeen-year-old GM Christopher Yoo has been slapped with a one-year suspension from national tournaments following his expulsion from the 2024 US Chess Championship. In a statement to Chess.com, the teenager's father calls the sanction "tough b...
World Champion Ding Liren was joined by GM Richard Rapport on the way to game four of the 2024 FIDE World Championship, and 1.Nf3 and the offbeat opening that followed felt right out of the Rapport playbook. GM Gukesh Dommaraju reacted quickly and...
Four winners were crowned on Thursday at the FIDE World Seniors Championships in Porto Santo, Portugal. GM Alexander Shabalov (U.S.) won the Open 50+ section, GM Rainer Knaak (Germany) came first in the Open 65+ section, IM Masha Klinova (Israel) ...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju has scored his first classical win over World Champion Ding Liren to level the scores at 1.5-1.5 going into the first rest day of the 2024 FIDE World Championship. Gukesh posed tough problems in the opening of game three, but j...
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Christopher Yoo were the Titled Tuesday victors on November 26. Carlsen, who won outright on 10 points, got his first Titled Tuesday win of November in the last week of November—and now has at least one win every month...
As millions of people eagerly keep an eye on the 2024 FIDE World Championship match between reigning champion GM Ding Liren and 18-year-old Indian challenger GM Gukesh Dommaraju, Chess.com, ChessBase India, Nodwin Gaming, and Samay Raina are thril...
World Champion Ding Liren played the first new move in the opening of game two of the 2024 FIDE World Championship, but GM Gukesh Dommaraju defended carefully and ultimately made a 23-move, three-hour draw by repetition to claim his first half-poi...
World Champion Ding Liren's first classical win in 304 days has given him the early lead in the 2024 FIDE World Championship in Singapore. Pre-event favorite GM Gukesh Dommaraju looked in command as Ding played the French Defense and burned up 27 ...
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Missouri triumphed vs. Saint Louis in the Final of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) Fall Season on Sunday. GM Mikhail Antipov led Mizzou to their second CCL team title with a score of 3.5/4. UT Rio Grande Valley defeated SRM 11-5 to ...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju goes into the 2024 FIDE World Championship against GM Ding Liren never having beaten the world champion in classical chess, but in an exclusive interview with FM Mike Klein he talks about following in the footsteps of 11th Worl...
GM Ding Liren said at the 2024 FIDE World Championship opening press conference he'd been preparing for just three weeks. A slip of the tongue? No! In an exclusive interview with FM Mike Klein the reigning world champion confirmed he meant it, tho...
Saint Louis and Missouri defeated critical rivals in the Semifinals of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) Fall Season on Saturday. In a close match, SLU overcame SRM with a well-rounded performance by their entire team. Missouri's board-four...
GM Alireza Firouzja won his first Bullet Brawl title and $400 on Saturday after posting a 42-game winning streak that saw him skyrocket to 254 points and eclipse 33-time winner GM Hikaru Nakamura. 196 titled players stood between Firouzja and vict...
