On Tuesday, Magnus Carlsen defeated Alireza Firouzja in a model game to join the group of players half a point behind Fabiano Caruana in the standings at the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee. In the challengers group,&nbs...
The sixth edition of the Grand Chess Tour will consist of just five tournaments, and will not finish with playoffs in London. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Ding Liren head the field. Some top players may have been relieved when they s...
The 2020 women's world championship match was tilted in favor of the the challenger, Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia), after eight games. But the world champion, Ju Wenjun (China), proved her mettle by winning the next two games. A...
After surviving a close to lost position against Vishy Anand, Fabiano Caruana ended by winning his game to join Alireza Firouzja in the lead at the Tata Steel Chess tournament. Magnus Carlsen ended his streak of seven draws and defeated Nikit...
For the second time Alireza Firouzja is the sole leader in Wijk aan Zee. The 16-year-old GM defeated Jeffery Xiong, reached a 5/7 score and entered the top 20 in the world in the live ratings. Other winners in the seventh round of the ...
This week's action brought upsets, stunning sacrifices, and drama to the PRO Chess League. The Armenia Eagles overcame a challenge created by its own national championship schedule to upset the China Pandas, Alexander Grischuk completed a 4/4 swee...
Back in Wijk aan Zee, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament saw wins for Anish Giri and Daniil Dubov on Friday in the masters group. Pavel Eljanov grabbed the lead in the challengers with a win against Max Warmerdam. After the almost two-hou...
The 2020 women's world championship match has moved from Shanghai to Vladivostok, Russia. After a break of three days, play resumed for game game seven. The world champion, Ju Wenjun (China), was pressing but the challenger Ale...
Alireza Firouzja defeated Anish Giri to join Wesley So in the lead after five rounds of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, which visited the city of Eindhoven for the "Chess on Tour" day of the event. Viswanathan Anand won agai...
On Tuesday, Magnus Carlsen broke Sergei Tiviakov's streak of 110 undefeated games with another draw at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Wesley So is the new leader after beating Alireza Firouzja. In the challengers ...
Update: Quotes from Chief Arbiter Bayat have been included in this report. 1/16/20 Iran has been the center of much turbulence recently on and off the chessboard. Ongoing protests in the country seeking political reform are the second such upris...
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Hey, chess fans! We hope you are enjoying a great start to 2020. Before we get too deep into our new year's resolutions, let's check out what the Chess.com team did in December 2019. Puzzles Improvements to Puzzle Battle. We also imp...
Alireza Firouzja defeated Vladislav Artemiev to become the sole leader after three rounds at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. With his third draw, Magnus Carlsen equaled Sergei Tiviakov's streak...
Last week's PRO Chess League action has set the tone for the 2020 season. While teams like the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and the Russia Wizards look to improve on their opening-week wins, teams such as the China Pandas...
White was doing well on day two of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, as four players in the masters group won their games with that color. In both the masters and challengers groups, five players are tied for first place. You can follow th...
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun (China) was leading the 2020 women's world championship match when her challenger, Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia), came up with an inspired effort to win game five and even the match. They then drew game six,...
Alireza Firouzja and Jorden Van Foreest won their games in the first round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. The top encounter between Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri ended in a draw. The ...
The 2020 PRO Chess League is back, ending a 247-day drought since the end of last season. With the new improvements to the league format, fans watched the most competitive week in PRO Chess League history. The stronger competition brought debuts f...
Levon Aronian: “You don’t play chess to have fun. You play chess to crush your opponent.” A high-spirited Aronian attended the South African Junior Chess Championship (SAJCC) Jan. 3-8 in the city of Ekurhuleni. More than 2,700 ...
The 2020 women's world championship match between the reigning champion Ju Wenjun (China) and the challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) started with three draws before Ju won with the white pieces in game four. After a rest day, play continue...
The Tata Steel Chess tournament will start on Saturday with Magnus Carlsen vs. Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana vs. Wesley So. The tournament's opening ceremony took place on Friday afternoon with the drawing of lots. Round 1 pairings Ma...
Kid don't often get to meet their heroes, until now. ChessKid.com, the official scholastic extension of Chess.com, has announced the inaugural ChessKid Speed Chess Championship of India to begin January 15-19. Ten winning ChessKids w...
The Chess.com Speed Chess Championship final will be an all-American affair. After Wesley So advanced to the final last month, Hikaru Nakamura beat Ian Nepomniachtchi 17.5-14.5 on Sunday in the second semifinal. Much has been said abou...
The 2020 Women's World Championship match between reigning champion Ju Wenjun (China) and challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) started with two draws. After a rest day, play continues on Wednesday. You can follow the match with commentary ...