Hey, chess fans! August is upon us, and it's time to take stock of the month that was! Here's a look at July 2020 and what our product-development, support and fairplay teams were working on!... Web We added a new Fast option for mo...
AlphaZero is the subject of much controversy in the chess world. Some today (a majority of our members!) insist that it is still the strongest chess engine the world has ever seen, that Google DeepMind's chess-playing neural network is still super...
NM Ryo Chen from Texas won the first-ever ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship on Saturday, July 25. Ryo triumphed against seven other incredibly talented 10-and-under youth players in this eight-player knockout event. His opponent in the fin...
Eight anime Youtubers will compete for a $5,000 prize fund in Tournament Arc, a single-elimination bracket tournament that will run August 6-9 on Chess.com with live commentary. After Pogchamps (and in anticipation of the next Pogchamps!) Chess....
GM Haik Martirosyan has won the eighth Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix. The 20-year-old Armenian grandmaster beat Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev 2-0 in the knockout final and is now in fourth place in the overall Grand Prix standings. Th...
Hey, chess fans! It's that time again. Let's take a quick moment to catch up on what kept our product development, support and fair play teams busy last month... Here's what we did in June! Web Removed the big modal (that you had t...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won the fourth and final FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix. The Russian GM defeated GM Humpy Koneru 7-5 and qualified for the Super Final against GM Anna Ushenina on Monday, July 20. ...
On Sunday GM Kateryna Lagno won the third leg of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix. The Russian GM beat GM Hou Yifan, who made a great comeback but dramatically lost the second bullet game of the tiebreak due...
On Sunday GM Kateryna Lagno won the third leg of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix. The Russian GM beat GM Hou Yifan, who made a great comeback but lost the second bullet game of the tiebreak dramatically due...
GM Valentina Gunina won the second leg of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix. The Russian grandmaster beat GM Anna Ushenina 7-5 in the final on Sunday, which was a repeat of the final of the first leg, won by Ushen...
GM Anna Ushenina beat GM Valentina Gunina 7-4 in Sunday's final of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix's first leg. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Vaishali Rameshbabu 7-4 in a match for third place hel...
GMs Anna Ushenina beat GM Valentina Gunina 7-4 in the final of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix's first leg. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk had defeated Vaishali Rameshbabu 7-4 in a match for third place hel...
The Chess.com PogChamps Championship and Consolation Finals on Friday, June 19th saw Voyboy, Hutch, Ludwig, and MoisCr1tikal battling their way through two thrilling and close finals matches that each went to tiebreaks. In the championship bracket...
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan and GM Valentina Gunina qualified for the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix as the top-two finishers of the sixth qualifier tournament held on Monday. Abrahamyan and Gunina had finishe...
Hey, chess fans! Remember May? Well, before it recedes any further into the mists of time, let's shine a light on all the cool stuff that happened around the site last month... Web We made several changes to ensure Dark Mode look...
Russian GM Vladimir Fedoseev won the third Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix after beating Ukrainian GM Alexander Zubov in a thrilling final. Fedoseev is now also the new leader in the overall Grand Prix leaderboard. The next Sp...
The Chess.com PogChamps Quarterfinals kicked off Monday, with MoistCr1tikal, Hutch, and Voyboy progressing with decisive results. In the championship bracket, the quality of play from both Hutch and Voyboy was seamless, and many expect both p...
With the group stage complete, Chess.com PogChamps is headed to the quarterfinals. Sunday's action saw Boxbox continue his unbeaten run, fan-favorite Ludwig score his first win, and an emboldened xQc stand toe-to-toe with one of the tournamen...
The Chess.com PogChamps is nearing the end of the group stage. On Friday, Yassuo clinched the final championship bracket berth against MoistCr1tikal, meaning that players were fighting for superior seeding on Saturday. NymN pulled an ups...
The third round of the Chess.com PogChamps kicked off on Thursday, with Fuslie and NateHill battling for their championship bracket lives. While Erobb's match with Voyboy was postponed to this Saturday, Ludwig and SlikeR brought the tras...
The second round of the Chess.com PogChamps came to an end on Wednesday, with NymN, Boxbox, and Forsen each punching their ticket into the championship bracket. While the losses mean Swiftor, SlikeR, and xChocobars will be relegated to t...
Even with just two games, the sixth day of the Chess.com PogChamps brought the event's biggest surprise when moistCr1tikal shocked xQc with a six move win. After non-stop trash talk from both players in the build-up, the result shocked t...
The second round of the Chess.com PogChamps saw Voyboy become the first streamer to clinch his spot in the championship bracket. With his win over Fuslie, the League of Legends talent will be one of eight streamers playing for the $10,00...
The Chess.com PogChamps' first round ended with three decisive results, as Papaplatte, Forsen, and Boxbox were each able to earn three points from their respective openings. Once again, fans from all over the world tuned into Chess.com's broa...
The second day of the Chess.com PogChamps brought tense action in both clashes. A rivalry was born between NymN and SlikeR, when trash-talking in chess was redefined live on broadcast. Meanwhile, the much-anticipated clash between Y...