Using a positional queen sacrifice, an inspired GM Magnus Carlsen started his FIDE World Cup quarterfinal with a win against GM Etienne Bacrot. GM Sam Shankland might eliminate another former World Cup winner as the American GM defeated GM Sergey ...
For the third time in four weeks, GM Hikaru Nakamura has taken first place in Titled Tuesday. His 9.5 points out of 11 were enough to finish ahead of GM Giga Quparadze on tiebreaks. GM Raunak Sadhwani and GM Aleksey Sarana rounded out the top four...
GM Magnus Carlsen eliminated GM Andrey Esipenko on Tuesday from the FIDE World Cup in an epic tiebreak match that was decided in the blitz games. Carlsen will now play GM Etienne Bacrot, who defeated GM Kacper Piorun. The other winners of the ro...
GM Sam Shankland knocked out GM Peter Svidler from the FIDE World Cup on Monday. The American grandmaster won his white game to qualify for the quarterfinals. GM Vidit Gujrathi is the only other player who reached the next round without needing a ...
It's back! PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase begins on August 29, 2021. The latest edition of the breakout series returns for what will surely be the biggest, best, and brightest PogChamps yet! $100,000 is up for grabs in the prize fund and C...
Tournament Arc 2 reached its epic conclusion, with Gigguk successfully defending the title after defeating Esam. The two-time champion proved to be the best among a field of superstars from the Anime community and Fighting Games players. Li...
GM Hans Niemann won the U.S. Junior Championship on Sunday in St. Louis. The 18-year-old grandmaster and chess streamer finished on 6/9, half a point more than a group of five players. IM Annie Wang won the girls' section. GM Gregory Kaidanov de...
GM Haik Martirosyan defeated GM Amin Tabatabaei in the only decisive game in the open section of the FIDE World Cup on Sunday. The women's section had just one winner as well: GM Alexandra Kosteniuk survived a lost position and beat GM Valentina G...
World Champion Magnus Carlsen made it to the fifth round of the FIDE World Cup on Saturday as he defeated GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek in the second game of the round-four tiebreak. A surprising name among the final 16 is 18-year-old GM Velimir Ivic, who...
GM Pentala Harikrishna was the highest-rated player to leave the FIDE World Cup on Friday after failing to level the score vs. GM Amin Tabatabaei. GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek played another tense draw and will go to tiebreaks ...
The Stockfish team has filed a lawsuit against Chessbase, claiming that the German chess software company is selling their software without having the license to do so. The lawsuit, filed in a German court, was announced last Tuesday in a blog on ...
The top seed of the Women's FIDE World Cup GM Aleksandra Goryachkina is in a must-win situation vs. GM Antoaneta Stefanova after blundering in the first game of round four. GM Nana Dzadnidze also started with a loss against IM Polina Shuvalov...
Cuba's top grandmasters GM Lazaro Bruzon and GM Leinier Dominguez as well as GM Garry Kasparov have spoken out in support of Cuban-Spanish GM Arian Gonzalez, who is on a hunger strike after being detained by Cuban authorities for participating in ...
On International Chess Day, Vietnam's IM Minh Le took first place in Titled Tuesday with a score of 10/11. GM Hikaru Nakamura grabbed second with 9.5/11. The top four was rounded out by GM Giga Quparadze and GM Oleksandr Bortnyk. 472 titled play...
GM Anish Giri and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov did not survive the tiebreaks of the FIDE World Cup's third round. The two top grandmasters lost to GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Haik Martirosyan, respectively. Other big names that were sent home ...
The 2021 world championship match between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi will not only be covered closely by Chess.com and other platforms. It's also going to be on broadcast network television each day. The International Chess Fede...
Day two of the FIDE World Cup's third round saw a huge upset as the second seed, GM Fabiano Caruana, was knocked out by Kazakhstani GM Rinat Jumabayev. The tournament also said goodbye to rating favorites GM Jorge Cori, GM Jorden van Foreest, GM...
GM Viswanathan Anand defeated GM Vladimir Kramnik 2.5-1.5 in a four-game No Castling chess match in Dortmund, Germany. Anand's win in the first game was decisive in this event where the players were not allowed to castle. The idea for this match...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov needs to win on-demand in the third round's second game at the FIDE World Cup. The recent winner of the Superbet Chess Classic stumbled on Sunday vs. GM Haik Martirosyan. Other rating favorites who started with a loss incl...
GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Alireza Firouzja did not survive the FIDE World Cup's second-round tiebreaks as they lost to Uzbek GMs Jakhongir Vakhidov and Javokhir Sindarov, respectively. Two matches were decided in wild armageddon games. How t...
The young Indian grandmasters Nihal Sarin and Praggnanandhaa R. are among the players who have reached the third round of the FIDE World Cup without needing a tiebreak. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, and Sergey Karjakin scored 2-0 in the second r...
Three members of the Indonesian delegation at the 2021 FIDE World Cup have tested positive for Covid-19. GM Fabiano Caruana was awarded a win when his opponent GM Susanto Megaranto's test result was positive. GM Levon Aronian forfeited his game fo...
Chess.com is excited to announce this year's second annual ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship, kicking off on July 17 and 18! Eight of the best young chess prodigies in the world (age 10 or under as of January 1, 2021) will go toe-to-toe in...
Four days before turning 15, IM Volodar Murzin reached the second round of the 2021 FIDE World Cup. The Russian teenager is among the 128 players to start round two on Thursday, which includes the top 50 seeds, such as GM Magnus Carlsen and Fabian...
Netflix's 2020 megahit miniseries The Queen's Gambit has garnered 18 Emmy nominations, including best Limited Series and best Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for Anya Taylor-Joy's widely acclaimed performance as Beth Harmon. Thomas Brodi...