Resuming our Man vs. Machine series, this week Chess.com is hosting a match between Australian grandmaster David Smerdon and Komodo. The chess engine will be playing with knight odds. The match, held in conjunction with a special anniversary iss...
The Abu Dhabi Chess & Culture Club and Chess.com announce the first Abu Dhabi Super Blitz Challenge, on Wednesday, April 15. With a total prize fund of $10,000, early entries include GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Maxime Vachier-La...
A group of young French chess players was quarantined in Murmansk, Russia when one Irish participant of their tournament was tested positive for the coronavirus. After two weeks, the French players were finally able to travel back home. The tour...
The 2020 Grand Chess Tour has been canceled. The Saint Louis Chess Club stated that events planned for August-September in St. Louis might still happen if the situation has improved enough by that time. After a meeting on Friday, the Grand Chess...
Much has been said about the FIDE Candidates Tournament, the postponement of the second half and the situation regarding GM Teimour Radjabov. It's easy to forget that chess fans saw a marvelous (half) tournament, one that provided a wealth of grea...
Six of India's best players will offer simultaneous exhibitions on Chess.com to support the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund. Set to start on Saturday, April 11, at 6 am Pacific Time (...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is the new number four in the world rankings. The Russian grandmaster reached a career-high rating in the April FIDE rating list, published by the International Chess Federation on Wednesday. Note that the new ratin...
Edited April 2, 2020: Happy April Fool's everyone. Stay safe! The chess world was universally saddened by the postponement after seven rounds of the FIDE Candidates Tournament due to the escalating COVID-19 pandemic and the rapidly impending clo...
Arianne Caoili, a former Oceania women's chess champion, Woman International Master, and an incredibly versatile human being, has died due to the consequences of a car crash. Caoili, the wife of Armenia's number-one grandmaster Levon Aronian,...
The second Femme Batale show, a women's continental clash between Europe and North America held last Saturday, raised $3,397 for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The match starred IM Anna Rudolf, WGM Jennifer Shahade, WFM Alexandra Bote...
While the FIDE Candidates tournament was stopped at the halfway point and almost all players are now back home, the situation surrounding GM Teimour Radjabov is still the talk of the town. In this report we've collected comments in other media sou...
Today, half a century ago, one of the greatest chess events of the 20th century started in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Virtually all of the top players in the world participated in this match between the Soviet Union and the Rest of the World. The eve...
Members of the national chess team of Azerbaijan have written an open letter in which they demand that FIDE puts GM Teimour Radjabov back into the Candidates tournament. Meanwhile, GM Sergey Karjakin has expressed his support for Radjabo...
GM Teimour Radjabov is considering legal action now that the second half of the FIDE Candidates tournament has been postponed amidst the coronavirus crisis. The Azerbaijani grandmaster, who predicted big problems and withdrew before the tournament...
The second half of the FIDE Candidates Tournament has been postponed. The imminent interruption of air traffic between Russia and other countries forced the decision, according to a statement by FIDE. The players were informed of the postpo...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in round seven of the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg. As the first tiebreak is mutual score, the French player is now the new leader halfway the tournam...
Chess.com's Team Battle series continues on Saturday, March 28 at 12 p.m. Pacific Time (20:00 Central European Time) on Twitch.tv/Chess. This month's theme, Femme Batale will feature a women's continental clash between Europe and No...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced today that they will postpone the chess Olympiad, scheduled for August 5-17 in Moscow, Russia, to 2021. The decision was published on the FIDE website. The statement from the FIDE Council annou...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is the clear favorite to win the FIDE Candidates Tournament as he beat GM Ding Liren in round six and increased his lead to a full point. GM Anish Giri won his first game as he defeated GM Kirill Alekseenk...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is the sole leader after five rounds at the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg thanks to a win vs. GM Wang Hao with the white pieces. GM Anish Giri was close to getting a winning advantage against...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave missed a golden opportunity to beat GM Alexander Grischuk and take the sole lead at the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg. The French GM still leads along with GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wang Hao ...
In round three GM Ding Liren countered GM Fabiano Caruana's preparation and won his first game in the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg. GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Wang Hao lead going into the first rest day. ...
GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored convincing wins in the second round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament to join Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wang Hao in first place. GM Ding Liren suffered his second l...
While almost all sporting events worldwide were canceled, the FIDE Candidates Tournament did start on Tuesday in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Winning their games with the black pieces, GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wang Hao took an early lead. You can ...
The FIDE Candidates Tournament was officially opened on Monday evening at the Ekaterinburg Expo Congress Center in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The participants of the tournament did not attend, in order to avoid exposure to the more than a thousan...