It was his compatriot, GM Rauf Mamedov, who was leading the tournament from the start, but with a better tiebreak, 14-year-old Aydin Suleymanli of Azerbaijan ended up as the sensational winner of the Aeroflot Open in Moscow. A year ago, th...
The Prague Chess Festival was a joy for chess fans in an otherwise quiet month for top chess. The Masters tournament was won by 16-year-old wunderkind GM Alireza Firouzja. GM Jorden van Foreest clinched the Challengers as both sections provided gr...
GM Nigel Short won the Bunratty Chess Festival's Masters, held over the weekend in Bunratty, Ireland. The English grandmaster finished in clear first place with 5/6 and scored a nice, quick victory against the 76-year-old Czech legend GM Vlastimil...
Chess.com is a company founded by chess lovers. Like you, we get excited at the prospect of bold, revolutionary innovations that will help chess evolve. Recently, Chess.com was approached by REGIUM Chess who wished to sponsor one of our events, ...
Top seed GM Hikaru Nakamura won the 2019 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, presented by Regium Chess, last Friday. The American speed demon jumped away in the bullet section after GM Wesley So had put up a great fight in the five-...
GM Alireza Firouzja won the Prague Chess Festival's Masters tournament after beating GM Vidit Gujrathi 2-0 in a playoff. The two had the best tiebreak in a group of five players finishing on 5/9. GM Jorden van Foreest emerged as t...
In an incredible turnaround, GM Vidit Gujrathi spoiled a winning position and ended up losing to GM David Navara in round eight of the Prague Chess Festival's Masters tournament. Instead of winning the tournament with a round to spare, t...
With a second win in round seven GM Alireza Firouzja moved to shared second place in the Prague Chess Festival's Masters, where GM Vidit Gujrathi still leads by a full point. GM Sam Shankland scored his first win. GM Hannes S...
This Friday, GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Wesley So are set to renew their rivalry in the 2019 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship final. After their championship clash last season, the rematch stands to be one of the most anticipa...
The 2020 Cairns Cup will be remembered for two players in particular. While GM Humpy Koneru scored her third big victory after a two-year hiatus from chess, WGM Carissa Yip showed great resilience and potential. During the Cairns Cup, we brought...
According to the latest information available, Russia's ban on Chinese travelers might affect the travel plans of the Chinese delegation to Yekaterinburg. See updates below. Update February 26: On February 25, Ding told Chess.com that he ...
GM Magnus Carlsen tops the field of this year's Grand Chess Tour as all invitees confirmed their participation in the sixth edition of the tour. Today the organizers announced which players will play in which event. A press release fro...
A bureaucratic battle that lasted five years finally came to an end for GM Francisco Vallejo Pons. The Spanish grandmaster emerged as the winner in a bizarre game with the Spanish tax authority, who sent him a notice last week that they no lo...
Heading into the rest day of the Prague Chess Festival, GM Vidit Gujrathi leads the Masters tournament by a full point. On Sunday, the Indian grandmaster defeated GM Alireza Firouzja convincingly. GM Hannes Stefansson continu...
On Sunday GM Humpy Koneru won the Cairns Cup's hefty $45,000 first prize. After a quick draw with her compatriot GM Harika Dronavalli, she saw her main rival GM Alexandra Kosteniuk lose to GM Ju Wenjun. Koneru finished on six points, half a poin...
With only one week remaining in the 2020 PRO Chess League regular season, it's time to look at the playoff picture. The playoffs will mark the first time that teams will play outside of their division, so there will be multiple interesting and e...
Round eight of the Cairns Cup in St. Louis saw a major upset as 16-year-old IM-elect Carissa Yip defeated Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun with the black pieces. GM Humpy Koneru, who beat GM Valentina Gunina, has a half-point lead going ...
Palo Alto, Calif., February 15, 2020—Chess.com is partnering with Susquehanna International Group (SIG) to present one of the most anticipated Chess.com events this year, the 2020 Bullet Chess Championship. "At SIG, we have always highly v...
GM Vidit Gujrathi grabbed the sole lead with his second win in the Prague Chess Festival. The 25-year-old Indian grandmaster beat GM Markus Ragger in round three. You can follow the tournament here in our live portal. The tournament ...
It was not a great Valentine's Day for GM Valentina Gunina, who pressed too hard and lost her game to GM Mariya Muzychuk. With draws in the other four games, GM Humpy Koneru and GM Ju Wenjun continue to lead the Cairns Cup in St. Lo...
GM Humpy Koneru joined GM Ju Wenjun in first place at the Cairns Cup in St. Louis. The Indian grandmaster defeated Alexandra Kosteniuk from a seemingly dead drawn position. IM-elect Carissa Yip won her second game in a row. You ...
Alireza Firouzja defended an instructive opposite-colored bishop endgame to hold Nils Grandelius to a draw at the Prague Chess Festival. As David Anton missed a win, the second round of the Masters saw only draws. You can follow the tourn...
WGM Swati Ghate became the second victim in five days of the strict anti-watch rule at the Indian Team Championship. Like Baskaran Adhiban, she forfeited her game for wearing an analog watch, despite attempts by her opponent IM Tania Sachdev ...
Top seeds Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Nikita Vitiugov started with wins at the Prague Chess Festival, where Vidit Gujrathi was another winner in the opening round of the Masters. Hannes Stefansson was the only winner in the Challengers group. ...
Palo Alto, Calif., February 12, 2020—Chess.com is teaming up with Chessparty 2020 to present the live PRO Chess League Finals in Oslo, Norway this May. ChessParty 2020 will include the PRO Chess League finals but will first and foremo...