GM Magnus Carlsen won what he described as "a very interesting, strategic game" to take the lead against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge Semifinals. GM Levon Aronian also left GM Fabiano Caruana needing to w...
The Saint Louis Chess Club has announced its lineup for this year’s American Cup boasting "16 of the strongest chess players in America." Eight GMs are on the roster for the $250,000 Open section headed by U.S. number-one GM Fabiano Caruan...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen hit back with three wins to beat GM Alireza Firouzja and book a 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge Semifinal against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who eased past GM Ding Liren. It was the day the "veterans" struck ...
World Champion Ding Liren and world number-one Magnus Carlsen both have to hit back on Monday to keep alive hopes of winning the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge after they erred in the opening and were put to the sword by GMs Nodirbek Abdu...
The top of the scoreboard has narrowed to just two teams, Webster and Saint Louis, in week three of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL). GM Benjamin Bok turned in his second 4/4 score of the season to lead Saint Louis University to anot...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat GM Magnus Carlsen in the final round of the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge Rapid to top the standings with an unbeaten 5.5/7. That set up a Quarterfinal against World Champion Ding Liren, who made a last-roun...
Bullet Brawl records fell on Saturday after Chess.com's highest-rated bullet and blitz chess player, GM Hikaru Nakamura, swept through the field and amassed a score of 320. With 82 wins, one draw, and one loss to his name, only Peru's IM Renato Te...
GM Dommaraju Gukesh beat the GOAT, GM Magnus Carlsen, after whom the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge is named, as a new Chess960 super-tournament began in Germany. He also took down World Champion Ding Liren, who lost all four games, while...
The inaugural ChessKid National Festival is only a week away, and some of the chess world's most famous names are getting ready to descend on Charlotte, North Carolina to join the festivities. Tickets for the ChessKid National Festival are still...
The first event of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour, the 2024 Chessable Masters, is in the books, and plenty has happened in the tournament that lasted eight days. Some things aren't new, like the fact that GM Magnus Carlsen won again. But plenty i...
GM Magnus Carlsen won Division I of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters on Wednesday. GM Alireza Firouzja took the first set of the Grand Final, impressively winning the first two games in a row, but the world number-one struck back in...
GM Hikaru Nakamura continued his hot start to the year in Titled Tuesday on February 6, finishing third in the early tournament and winning the late tournament, his third win of 2024. The early event was won by Polish GM Kacper Piorun. Both he and...
Day seven of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters saw the conclusions of Divisions II and III. Although both matches went to the second set, the younger players won in each division. GM Vincent Keymer defeated GM Levon Aronian in Divi...
GM Alireza Firouzja will face GM Magnus Carlsen in the Grand Final of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters. On Monday, the French number-one defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi by drawing the armageddon and then GM Denis Lazavik 1.5-0.5 to w...
On Friday, February 2, 2024, the legendary chess player Mian Sultan Khan (1903-1966) was posthumously awarded the honorary grandmaster title. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich presented the award to caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwaar-ul-Ha...
On day five, GM Magnus Carlsen claimed his spot in the Grand Final of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters. He defeated GM Denis Lazavik 2.5-1.5 in the Winners Final on Sunday. In the Division I Losers Quarterfinals, the favorit...
GM Daniel Naroditsky secured $400 and his 11th Bullet Brawl title after scoring 70.5/78 in February's first edition ahead of 125 other titled players. A race of titanic proportions between Naroditsky and Chess.com's two highest-rated active bullet...
GM Magnus Carlsen will play GM Denis Lazavik in the Division I Winners Final of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters. On day four, they respectively defeated GMs Vladimir Fedoseev and Jose Martinez. In the Losers Bracket of Division I...
The Saint Louis Chess Club has banned GM Hans Niemann for the remainder of 2024, citing alleged inappropriate behavior and damage to private property. The grandmaster has dismissed the accusations as "blatant disinformation." Edited on 2/2/2024:...
World Champion GM Ding Liren and World Rapid Champion GM Magnus Carlsen top the field for the GRENKE Chess Classic, which returns March 26-31 after a five-year hiatus. Carlsen will be looking to win a third title to add to his wins in 2015 and 201...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Jose Martinez, Vladimir Fedoseev, and Denis Lazavik won their matches on day three of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters to stay in the Winner's Bracket. In a day of upsets in Division I, Martinez played the Game o...
Day two of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters separated 56 advancing players into three divisions. In Division I Placement, the standout was 17-year-old GM Denis "the Menace" Lazavik who defeated GM Hikaru Nakamura 2-0 before also s...
"Here ye, here ye! Gather round as I tell a tale about the Kingdom Chess App that was just announced!" a wise knight once said. In this app, you can play chess against worthy opponents for gold, battle bots, solve fun missions, and build up YOUR k...
13-year-old U.S. IM Andy Woodward has secured his final norm to become the world's 10th youngest grandmaster in history. At the same event, 12-year-old Turkish IM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus picked up his second norm and edged closer to breaking a rating ...
