Hikaru Nakamura had a slow start but after a convincing win against Vladislav Kovalev, the American grandmaster now finds himself tied for first place with David Anton, Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana at the FIDE Chess.c...
With a surprisingly quick and crushing win over Alexander Grischuk, the Spanish grandmaster David Anton joined Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana in the lead at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Isle of Man. There are three roun...
As the only winner in round seven among the top 12 boards, Levon Aronian swapped places with Wang Hao to join Fabiano Caruana in the lead at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Isle of Man. There are four rounds to go. You ca...
The sixth round of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss started with seven leaders, but of those just Fabiano Caruana and Wang Hao won their games today. The two are on 5/6 going into the only rest day in Isle of Man. Y...
Luke McShane had Fabiano Caruana on the ropes in round five of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, but after six hours and 41 minutes, Caruana "did a Magnus" and got away with a draw. Seven players are now sharing the lead with 4...
Fabiano Caruana and Wang Hao drew their game in round four of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss and were joined in first place by Parham Maghsoodloo and Luke McShane. Magnus Carlsen was lost but miraculously escaped vs. ...
Both Fabiano Caruana (U.S.) and Wang Hao (China) won their third game at the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss. As the only players on 3/3, they will play each other on Sunday. You can follow the games here as part of our live portal Chess.com/e...
Round two of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss saw the young Russian talent Alexey Sarana test the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Pushing a pleasant position out of a prepared Sicilian line, Sarana sec...
Round one of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss saw a big upset as the five-time world champion Vishy Anand (India) lost to Evgeniy Najer (Russia) in just 30 moves. Top seeds Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana started with win...
The World Youth Chess Championship 2019 is being held in Mumbai, India from October 1-13. This is the first time that India is hosting this prestigious event. After this event, India will also host the World Junior Chess Championship 2019 i...
The PRO Chess League is back for the 2020 season, and it will introduce major improvements and an increased prize fund for the world's premier online chess league. Official season play begins on January 6, 2020, and the new format of the l...
The inaugural FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss was officially opened on Wednesday at the Comis Hotel near the Isle of Man capital, Douglas. The pairings for the first round are out. You can follow the games here as part of our live portal Chess.com/...
The $433,000 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament is less than three days away. With Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Viswanathan Anand as the top seeds, the event is the strongest Swiss tournament in history. The tournament will ...
The third and final quarterfinal day of the World Fischer Random Chess Championship provided plenty of sharp exciting play—but also some surprisingly abrupt results. All of the matches were decided in the fast-rapid games, and two of them we...
The four losers from day one of the quarterfinals squared off for a last shot at continuing towards the World Fischer Random title. This unusual route to the semifinals has been adopted to create three semifinalists from this stage of the event&md...
After a long process of qualifiers and knockouts, the first FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship began its crescendo movement with the quarterfinals. Since this is an inaugural event and quite complicated, let's start with the framework. ...
Hey, chess fans! Just like that, October is upon us, and it's time to look back on the month that was. September was huge! Let's dive right in... Puzzles Puzzle Rush gets competitive in real time, with the arrival of Puzzle Bat...
Teimour Radjabov won the $110,000 first prize at the FIDE World Cup after beating Ding Liren (who earned $80,000) in the 5+3 games of today's final tiebreak. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came in third ($60,000) as he beat Yu Yan...
Chess.com's @IsaacSteincamp contributed to this report. Was it the most action-packed day in Speed Chess Championship history? With two dynamic battles between established chess legends and young, talented prodigies, Thursday was a day for the S...
With two quick draws today in both Ding Liren vs. Teimour Radjabov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Yu Yangyi, the stage is set for tiebreaks on Friday to decide on the FIDE World Cup finals. You can follow the games ...
Wesley So showed that he was a force to be reckoned with this Speed Chess Championship by eliminating Azeri grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The match went just as Hikaru Nakamura predicted in his post-match interview on Tuesday. Mam...
Chess.com's first-ever Hand and Brain Team Battle will feature a sibling rivalry on October 2 at 6 PM PDT on Twitch.tv/AlexandraBotez, Twitch.tv/Chessbrah, Twitch.tv/GMNaroditsky and Twitch.tv/AndreaBotez. Making their Team Battle debut, si...
Teimour Radjabov bounced back with an excellent win against Ding Liren today to level the score in the FIDE World Cup final. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was in trouble but held the draw against Yu Yangyi in the third-...
Vlad Dobrov put together an admirable performance in his Speed Chess Championship debut, testing the defending champion Hikaru Nakamura throughout the match. While the Russian grandmaster kept the blitz portions interesting, Na...
Top seed Ding Liren took the lead in the final of the FIDE World Cup as he defeated Teimour Radjabov on Tuesday in impressive style. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Yu Yangyi drew their game in a Petroff. You can fo...