FIDE and Chess.com are excited to announce the 2021 Women's Speed Chess Championship, an online competition for top female chess players worldwide. The main event will happen from June 10 to July 3, preceded by eight qualifiers from May 28 to June...
How well would you do against a PogChamps winner? If that question ever crossed your mind, we have good news! You can now test your wits against each of the PogChampions, as well as other chess personalities on our Play Computer page. Play again...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the May 4 Titled Tuesday on tiebreaks, his third win in his last three attempts (while playing the New In Chess Classic on April 27 instead). GM Haik Martirosyan finished second and GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac third, all on 9.5/11...
After their first record-breaking event, BlockChamps, the star duo WFM Alexandra and Andrea Botez are back with another groundbreaking event: the Botez Bullet Invitational. Fan-favorite streamers and content creators will go head-to-head to compet...
GM Magnus Carlsen clinched the New in Chess Classic tournament after scoring 2-2 against GM Hikaru Nakamura on day two of the finals. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov bagged third place after winning two games against GM Levon Aronian. How to watch?T...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Hikaru Nakamura 3-1 in the New In Chess Classic on day one of the finals. GM Levon Aronian and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov scored 2-2 in their match for third place. How to watch?The games of the New in Chess Classi...
Palo Alto, Calif., May 1, 2021—Chess.com is excited to announce Arena Kings Season 7 starting on May 12 with more than $40,000 in prizes. The season will run weekly on Wednesdays from May 12 through August 4 and feature a total prize ...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Hikaru Nakamura have qualified for the finals of the New in Chess Classic. Carlsen beat GM Levon Aronian in their third and fourth games while GM Hikaru lost three games to GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov but clinched t...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchchi cannot play under the Russian flag during his world championship match with GM Magnus Carlsen in November-December in Dubai. The reason is Russia's ban from international sporting competitions by the World Anti-Doping Agenc...
GM Hikaru Nakamura took the first step toward the final of the New in Chess Classic. The American GM defeated GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3-1 and now needs just two game points on Friday to qualify. GM Levon Aronian or GM Magnus Carlsen started wit...
GM Levon Aronian, GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and GM Hikaru Nakamura qualified for the semifinals of the New in Chess Classic. Carlsen beat GM Teimour Radjabov in one game in their second match while GM Wesley So, GM Alireza ...
GM Jeffery Xiong won the April 27 Titled Tuesday tournament. One of four players to finish with 9.5/11, Xiong held the tiebreak advantage over GM Sam Sevian, GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, and GM Conrad Holt, who finished 2nd-4th, respectively. Xiong had...
On Wednesday, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi was officially crowned as the winner of the 2020-2021 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Before the ceremony, he answered questions from the media. The final press conference. Nepomniachtchi started by thanking his...
GM Magnus Carlsen won the preliminaries but couldn't beat GM Teimour Radjabov on the first day of the New in Chess Classic's quarterfinals. They drew all four games. GMs Levon Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Hikaru Nakamura did win their ...
The FIDE Candidates Tournament finished with three decisive games on Tuesday. GM Ding Liren quickly defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi, who had already secured tournament victory. Just as quickly, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat GM Wang Hao, who announc...
Undefeated GM Magnus Carlsen finished the preliminaries of the New In Chess Classic in first place with 10.5/15. GMs Hikaru Nakamura (who also went undefeated) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov finished with 9.5/15 each, taking seeds two and three. ...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the FIDE Candidates Tournament with a round to spare. The 30-year-old Russian grandmaster will now play GM Magnus Carlsen for the world championship in November. While Nepomniachtchi drew his game with GM Maxime Vachier...
GM Magnus Carlsen took the lead at the New in Chess Classic on day two of the preliminaries. With an undefeated 7/10, Carlsen is half a point ahead of GMs Hikaru Nakamura (also unbeaten) and GM Alireza Firouzja. How to watch?The games of the New...
The New in Chess Classic, the fifth leg of the Champions Chess Tour, began on Saturday. GM Teimour Radjabov leads with 4/5 ahead of GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Alireza Firouzja, who are on 3.5/5. How to watch?The games of the New in Chess Classic p...
GM Anish Giri's excellent win with the black pieces in round 12 against GM Fabiano Caruana had little effect as GM Wang Hao failed to hold a difficult ending against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who continues to lead the FIDE Candidates Tournament by ha...
GM Anish Giri moved up to second place in the FIDE Candidates Tournament standings after beating GM Ding Liren on Friday. The Dutch GM is half a point behind GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who drew a fairly unambitious game with GM Fabiano Caruana. GM M...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the April 20 Titled Tuesday tournament, his second victory in a row. Like last week, he finished on a 10/11 score, this time ahead of the trio GM Rasmus Svane, IM Christopher Yoo, and GM Sanan Sjugirov. This week's Titled ...
For the second time during the FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi leads by a full point. Today the Russian GM scored a quick win vs. his compatriot GM Kirill Alekseenko and saw his rivals draw their games. In his second Sveshnikov...
Palo Alto, Calif., April 20, 2021—ChessKid.com, the Scholastic branch of Chess.com, proudly announces the second-annual ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship that is set to take place in the summer of 2021. Like similar events such as the ...
GM Anish Giri defeated GM Wang Hao in round nine of the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg. The Dutchman joined GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in second place. The trio is half a point behind GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who...