The top eight of the Skilling Open are set, as day three of the Skilling Open saw the end of the preliminary round-robin stage of the tournament. After three days and 15 rounds of action, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen ...
Day two of the Skilling Open was an exciting day of chess. After two days and ten rounds of action, GM Anish Giri is still in the lead with a score of 6.5/10. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, and Wesley So are tied for 2nd-4th with 6/10 whil...
The Rockefeller family is one of the wealthiest in American history and one of the most philanthropic. The latest beneficiary of their familial generosity is US Chess who has received a gift of $3 million from John Davison Rockefeller V, the son o...
Joel D'Souza clinched the Comedians On Board-3 event after winning his final game over Vaibhav Sethia. The tournament was held on Chess.com during November 19-21. It featured 32 comedians of India who were competing for the total cash prize o...
GM Anish Giri had a great first day after scoring four points out of five at the Skilling Open. GM Magnus Carlsen recovered from a tragic mouse slip to share second-third with underdog GM David Anton Guijarro. How to watch?The games of the chess...
If you enjoyed the Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit”, you can now play against a virtual Beth Harmon at different ages and stages of her chess career. From young Beth first learning to play, all the way to her taking on the world...
GM Wesley So defeated GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a Speed Chess Championship match that was tight in the beginning and tight in the end, but it was a tour de force by So in the middle. With the exception of World Champion Magnus Carlsen and GM Hikaru...
GM Andrew Tang won the November 17th Titled Tuesday tournament, his second Titled Tuesday victory. Like the last two winners, GM Jeffrey Xiong and GM David Paravyan, Tang finished on an impressive 10/11 score. blitz > bullet 😎#c9win https:...
Chess.com has become the first company to acquire broadcast rights for the 2021 FIDE World Championship Match. The company, based in Palo Alto, California, will be an official broadcast partner for what is set to be the biggest global chess event ...
GM Vladislav Artemiev (@Sibelephant) will be GM Magnus Carlsen's opponent in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The Russian grandmaster beat GM Anish Giri (@AnishGiri) 15.5-11.5. The first quarterfinal has been sc...
GM Hikaru Nakamura will play an eight-game odds match against the new "Dragon" chess engine developed by Komodo. In all games, Nakamura will receive odds of two pawns and will play Black. The match will be an exciting battle between artificial int...
The last match in the Round of 16 of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event will be played on Monday between GM Vladislav Artemiev (@Sibelephant) and GM Anish Giri (@AnishGiri). The action starts on Monday, November 16, at 9 a...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (@Polish_fighter3000) started with three losses but ended up beating GM Fabiano Caruana (@FabianoCaruana) 17-9 in their match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The Polish GM completely dominated in the bul...
The next match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event will take place on Sunday between GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (@Polish_fighter3000) and GM Fabiano Caruana (@FabianoCaruana). The action starts on Sunday, November 15, at 9 a....
This December, streamers will show their speed in the first-ever Chess.com Bot Battles. Featuring Chess.com's new bot personalities, players of all skill levels will have their chance to beat Danny-Bot, Hikaru-Bot, and others for up to $5,000 in c...
GM Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru) defeated GM Haik Martirosyan (@Micki-taryan) 21-5 in their match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The next match is Caruana-Duda on Sunday, November 15, at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 Cen...
GM Levon Aronian (@LevonAronian) defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (@lachesisQ) 14-11 in the fifth match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The next match is Nakamura-Martirosyan on Thursday, November 12, at 9 a.m. P...
Another match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event is on the menu for today: GM Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru) vs. GM Haik Martirosyan (@Micki-taryan). The action starts on Thursday, November 12, at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 Central Europe...
GM David Paravyan won the November 10 Titled Tuesday tournament, his first-ever Titled Tuesday victory. Like GM Jeffery Xiong last week, the Russian grandmaster finished on a superb 10/11 score. The 22-year-old Paravyan (@dropstoneDP) is not the...
The fifth match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event is the big clash between GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (@lachesisQ) and GM Levon Aronian (@LevonAronian). The action starts on Wednesday, November 11, at 9 a.m. Pacific / ...
The Komodo team has released Komodo 14.1 and a new chess engine dubbed "Dragon." Dragon adds powerful NNUE (Efficiently Updatable Neural Networks) technology to the successful Komodo engine. Komodo is the 2019 World Computer Chess Champion, 2019...
In a statement published on its website, the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) makes a proposal for changing the world championship cycle. The main change the ACP proposes is to include open tournaments. The association, a non-profit foun...
In the fourth match of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event, GM Wesley So (@GMWSO) defeated GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (@ChessWarrior7197) 18-10. The next match is Nepomniachtchi vs. Aronian on Wednesday, November 11, at ...
It's time for a new match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event: GM Wesley So (@GMWSO) vs. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (@ChessWarrior7197). The action starts on Sunday, November 8, at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 Central ...
GM Vladimir Kramnik has still got it. On Friday the 14th world champion won the Razuvaev Memorial blitz tournament as he defeated GM Evgeny Tomashevsky 1.5-0.5 in the playoff final. Among the participants was French GM Joel Lautier, who retired in...