GM Levon Aronian kept his tournament dreams alive in Saint Louis on Tuesday after defeating GM Fabiano Caruana in a monumental clash at The 2023 American Cup. Following six decisive results in their rapid and blitz encounters, an armageddon tiebre...
The 2023 American Cup continued in St. Louis on Monday with championship bracket semifinals that were won by GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So respectively. Nakamura was in fine form with the black pieces and outplayed GM Leinier Dominguez in the ...
You can now play chess against some of the strongest women players in history! Head over to our Play Computer page to challenge GMs Judit Polgar, Hou Yifan, Anna Muzychuk, and Irina Krush. These new bots will be in the Top Players section of ...
GM Sam Shankland set The American Cup elimination bracket alight on Sunday after defeating GM Ray Robson in a marathon match that was decided after six games. With an armageddon game looming and the two-time world Puzzle Rush champion posing a ser...
GMs Fabiano Caruana, Leinier Dominguez, and Wesley So all managed to win their matches on Saturday in The 2023 American Cup in their second rapid playoff games to progress to the semifinals of the Champions bracket. Caruana struggled to subdue sta...
GM Hikaru Nakamura was the sole winner in the open section on the first day of The 2023 American Cup in St. Louis. He defeated GM Sam Sevian in a game that featured weak pawn structures and instructive endgame technique. Hard-fought draws materi...
Chess.com is excited to announce the launch of new features in Game Review, our post-game learning tool. Game Review now packs in even more features that will help you understand your games, learn from them, and enjoy your best moments! Below yo...
Team MGD1 made it to the playoffs after eliminating the Garden State Passers in week five of the 2023 Pro Chess League. This was the last match of the regular season. Board three, GM Diptayan Ghosh, scored the most points with 3/4, but every mem...
Chess.com hosted the Women's Month Celebration | Invitational Blitz Tournament on Wednesday. The event started with a Q&A with the strongest woman chess player in history, the legendary GM Judit Polgar. The interview was followed by a blitz to...
The Saint Louis Arch Bishops and team Blitz advance to the Playoffs after winning their matches in week five of the 2023 Pro Chess League. They eliminated the Croatia Bulldogs and Canada Chessbrahs, respectively. GM Fabiano Caruana was on fire i...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk has transferred federations to Switzerland and will no longer represent Russia. You can read more about the federation transfer in this news article. The interview below focuses on the personal consequences of the federation...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk has transferred her federation to Switzerland and will no longer represent Russia, effective March 3, 2023. Since her first marriage to a Swiss citizen, she has held dual citizenship in both countries. Kosteniuk, who resides...
GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda were the winners of Titled Tuesday on March 14, both of them scoring 9.5 points. Nakamura edged out GM Daniil Dubov on tiebreaks early while Duda won outright late. GM Arjun Erigaisi scored two top-five...
Boom! GM Hikaru Nakamura and Misfits Gaming Group are thrilled to announce a massive and thrilling chess tournament series: Hikaru's Chess Decathlon. This epic 10-tournament contest kicks off with a format for which Hikaru is the reigning world ch...
GM Alexey Sarana won the European Individual Chess Championship on Monday in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. The 23-year-old Russian grandmaster, who played under the FIDE flag, edged out GMs Kirill Shevchenko (Romania) and Daniel Dardha (Belgium) on tieb...
GM Magnus Carlsen will return to Norway Chess, his homecoming tournament, after he abdicates his world champion title, it was announced on Monday. Once again, the world number-one tops the lineup for the elite event—now in its 11th year&md...
Fighting their way through 147 high-level competitors, GMs Liem Le, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Fedoseev, and Vladislav Artemiev finished at the top of the Play-In and qualified for Division I of Chessable Masters 2023. They will join GMs Magnus Carls...
Jamaica's government has announced an ambitious plan to pour J$40 million (approximately $260,000 at the time of writing) into chess in a drive to create a new grandmaster by 2033, local media reported. Ministers on the Caribbean island wa...
Ellen Carlsen, GM Magnus Carlsen's older sister, says WGM Jennifer Shahade's allegations against Alejandro Ramirez led to her report an incident where she says she was harassed by a chess player as a minor. Shahade's shocking tweet alleging that...
Do you only watch an award show if someone gets slapped in the face? Well, you're in luck (again)! Back for its second year, The Streamer Awards are happening on Saturday, March 11, starting at 3 p.m. PT, and it's being presented by and strea...
On the final day of week four of the 2023 Pro Chess League, the Norway Gnomes defeated Team MGD1 and made it to the Playoffs. In the second match, the Saint Louis Arch Bishops eliminated the Spanish Maniac Shrimps. GM Pranav V was indisputably t...
Chess.com is extending its Women's History Month celebrations with a special event in which you can get to know some of our members of staff and the streamers we work with. The event, which will be broadcasted live on Chess.com's channels on You...
In week four of the 2023 Pro Chess League, the Levitov Chess Wizards and the Garden State Passers won their matches against the Canada Chessbrahs and California Unicorns, respectively. The Chess Wizards qualify for the Playoffs, while the Passers ...
Blitz chess will be included in the upcoming inaugural Olympic Esports Series 2023 with Chess.com playing host to a unique qualifying event. The world’s leading online chess platform has been selected by FIDE, recognized by the Internation...
The fourth week of the 2023 Pro Chess League started with victories by the Shanghai Tigers and Blitz over the Croatia Bulldogs and Brazil Capybaras, respectively. After losing badly in round one (0.5-3.5), the Tigers bared their fangs and dominate...