Two weeks after his success at the U.S. Championship, Sam Shankland won another tournament: the Capablanca Memorial in Havana, Cuba. With a score of 7.5/10 and a 2829 performance rating the American grandmaster entered the world's top 30. T...
Ju Wenjun is the new women's world champion. She drew with reigning champion Tan Zhongyi in the final game of the women's world championship in Chongqing today to set the final score at 5.5-4.5. It was a tense final game in a tens...
After two tense draws in games eight and nine, Tan Zhongyi will need to win the final match game on Friday to secure a playoff at the women's world championship. Ju Wenjun missed near wins in both games. After five deci...
On May 4, FIDE transferred its money to two fiduciary accounts after the Swiss bank UBS had closed its account at the start of the month. This was revealed by FIDE's treasurer on Sunday. It took the World Chess Federation two weeks, but finally ...
With a win on Saturday Tan Zhongyi kept hopes alive to retain her title. After five decisive games there was finally another draw on Sunday resulting in a 4-3 lead for Ju Wenjun at the Women's World Championship. Thursday and Friday w...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mamedyarov Joins Strong Returning Speed Chess Championship Field Palo Alto, Calif., May 11, 2018—The 2018 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship will feature new addition Shakhriyar Mamedyarov to complement a strong re...
Ju Wenjun beat Tan Zhongyi once again in game five and is leading the women's world championship with a two-point margin. Tomorrow the match resumes in Chongqing, China. The fifth game, played on Wednesday, was the last in the Int...
GM Evgeni Vasiukov, a strong Russian grandmaster and a blitz specialist, died at the age of 85 Thursday morning in a Moscow hospital, the Russian Chess Federation confirmed to Chess.com. In 1958, a 15-year-old Bobby Fischer visited Moscow for th...
Last week, the incumbent FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov presented his ticket for the FIDE presidential elections, with which he managed to achieve the important endorsement from the Russian Chess Federation—despite the fact that one ...
Profiting from a big mistake by his opponent in the endgame, GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi caught GM Nils Grandelius in first place on the last day of the 2018 Tepe Sigeman & Co Tournament in Malmö, Sweden. Just like last yea...
Nigel Short is running for FIDE president. It had been rumored for a few days, and today Short confirmed to Chess.com that he is the third candidate, besides the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the current deputy president Georgios Makrop...
Ju Wenjun beat Tan Zhongyi in the third game of the women's world championship, but today Tan struck back to keep the margin at one point: 2.5-1.5 for Ju. It's been a bloody fight so far in Shanghai, with three of the four games ending deci...
Chess grandmasters tend to live longer than the general population. This is the conclusion of a study co-written by GM David Smerdon. At 96, Yuri Averbakh (Russia) is the world's oldest living grandmaster. That title used to be held by Hung...
The 2018 Tepe Sigeman & Co Tournament is underway in the Hipp Theater in in Malmö, Sweden. With two wins and a draw, GM Nils Grandelius leads the tournament with two rounds to go. The 23rd edition of the Tepe Sigeman...
Whew. Candidates' took almost a month but is now done. Ditto Shamkir and the U.S. Championships. The Women's World Championship is only one game a day, so how can we quench your insatiable thirst for chess news this next week? Here's 10 che...
Ju Wenjun beat Tan Zhongyi in the second game of the women's world championship in Shanghai after the first game had ended in a draw. The €200,000 ($238,451) match is being played half in Shanghai and half in Chongqing, China. It was a deaf...
Titled Tuesday returned to its regular schedule this week on the first Tuesday of the month. Joining the fun with 275 titled players were two household names of chess: the world championship challenger Fabiano Caruana and the Dutch number-one ...
UPDATE: First event is today (Monday, May 14) at 12 noon Pacific! Building on the success of their arena tournament and chess-streaming platforms, Chess.com and Twitch will debut a revamped Arena Kings chess tournament series later this month, cul...
The 2017-2018 Schachbundesliga season will be decided in a playoff held later this month. In the final "weekend" in Berlin, both Baden-Baden and Solingen won all three matches and finished on the same amount of match points. For the final three ...
IM Nazi Paikidze came from behind in regulation to catch WIM Annie Wang. Then today, she caught her again in the playoff. After dropping game one of the rapid playoff (G/25, delay of 5), the 2018 U.S. Women's Championship leveled ...
According to FIDE officials, UBS Bank in Switzerland is closing the account of the World Chess Federation today. FIDE still hasn't found a new bank. Today, UBS Bank's deadline for FIDE to find a new financial partner expires. As was announc...
Horse racing went 37 years without a Triple Crown winner. It only took GM Sam Shankland 26 years. Shankland won again today, his sixth victory in St. Louis, to win the 2018 U.S. Championship, a 2700 rating, and a spot on the American t...
Looks like the leaders at the 2018 U.S. Championships found some plutonium. They're back from where they just came. Parts of the music played during the breaks of the live show very closely resemble the "Back to the Future" theme song. ...
Magnus Carlsen only needed 20 minutes to draw with Ding Liren and clinch his third Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir. When 4...Nd4 5.Nxd4 appeared, in a Rubinstein Four Knights, it was clear that there wouldn't be a real game today. ...
Veal shank is a delicacy in many fine restaurants, and Shankland is still the chef's special at the 2018 U.S. Championships. GM Sam Shankland (6.5/9), playing in his 10th national championship, won again today in the lone decisive game t...