The hardest hitting event in chess is back: the mighty BlitzChamps, which pits NFL superstars against each other to find football’s top chess player. BlitzChamps III kicks off on May 22 with $100,000 at stake for charity, and that all-impo...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi said reigning world champion GM Ding Liren would be a "massive favorite" in the upcoming title match against GM Gukesh Dommaraju if he can recover his 2019 form, while GM Fabiano Caruana thinks one good result can make a huge...
We're happy to announce the release of IM Jeremy Silman's classic The Amateur's Mind on Chessable. Replace the most common amateur strategic misconceptions with the decision-making process of the masters and start dominating your opponents! C...
If you're looking for some chess Entertainment, we have The Real Thing. Chess.com is excited to announce our newest bot, Phoenix lead singer Thomas Mars! You can challenge the new bot by going to our Play Computer page. But beware—Thomas' bo...
Banter Blitz—the much-loved series that sadly disappeared when Chess.com took over Chess24. Or did it? Chess.com is delighted to announce the return of Chess24’s flagship show which featured a ton of timeless moments where fans got t...
Chess will be back on our screens—in a big way, if reports are correct. Hollywood Reporter, the publication that covers the U.S. film industry, claims that plans are afoot for a new star-studded feature spotlighting the game called Checkma...
Chess.com is happy to announce the new Dashboard view on our Events page. You can now find all the information you need on the same page, making navigation much easier and more intuitive. This new view mirrors the old Chess24 interface, a success ...
In March, Russia added GM Garry Kasparov to its list of "terrorists and extremists." Last week, they went one step further to "arrest" the chess legend in absentia for "terrorist activities." A city court in Syktyvkar, the largest city in Russia...
WCM Bodhana Sivanandan reached another milestone this weekend. She scored the best result of her career so far, achieving her first woman international master norm. The European Women's Championship concluded in Rhodes, Greece on Monday, ending ...
Chess.com is proud to announce our partnership with the Charlotte Chess Center! Founded in 2014, one of the most influential centers in the US is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. We are ecstatic to work with an incredible over-the-board organi...
GM Magnus Carlsen says he fears that reigning World Champion Ding Liren could be 'permanently broken' and fail to recover after his world championship victory. At the same time he praised the 17-year-old Candidates Tournament winner GM Gukesh Domm...
Most people struggle to stay awake for more than 18 hours. FM Joran Aulin-Jansson played 701 blitz games for 92 hours and 26 minutes straight. Last week Tunde Onakoya overcame intense vomiting, stomach pain, and extreme tiredness to break the Gu...
In the first of a planned series of reports on Titled Tuesday, Chess.com's Fair Play team said it's unlikely that large-scale cheating is happening in the popular prize events. Chess.com's anti-cheat detection system has faced scrutiny from some...
A decades-long unbeaten run, believed to be one of the longest in sporting history, has ended after a team of amateur chess players toppled a club dubbed the "Manchester City of chess." Hammersmith Chess Club in west London beat the invincible k...
Intense vomiting, stomach pain, and extreme tiredness. That's just some of what Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya had to suffer through to break the Guinness World Record for the longest ever chess marathon. All for a noble cause. At the iconi...
NOTE: This event was renamed the Chess.com Classic. To understand why we made this decision, please read Chief Chess Officer Danny Rensch's blog post here. Chess.com is excited to announce the 2024 Chess.com Classic—the second leg of thi...
GM Maurice Ashley draws on his extensive chess experience to impart life lessons in his latest literary offering. His new book has already hit number one on Amazon. On April 2, Ashley released his new book Move by Move: Life Lessons on and off t...
Three-time Polish Women's Champion IM Joanna Dworakowska, among the nation's strongest women for more than two decades, has passed away at the age of 45. Dworakowska is one of Poland's strongest women players ever, with a peak rating of 2445, a ...
The much-anticipated Candidates Tournament is just around the corner, with the eight contenders fighting for the right to challenge reigning World Champion Ding Liren for the title. But who will triumph in the end? Here's GM Magnus Carlsen's verdi...
Twelve-year-old Turkish chess sensation IM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is the new youngest grandmaster in the world and the fourth youngest to achieve the title in history. He earned his third grandmaster norm in Germany on Monday and his title is pending...
It’s the ingenious new device that’s set to revolutionize the way you play games on Chess.com—and here's how you can get one. The new ChessUp 2 is a major leap forward in smart chessboards. Following on from the market-leading ...
Only a select few in the annals of chess history have broken into the world top-five before their 20th birthday. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has now joined that prestigious list, and shares his insights with Chess.com on his rise from prodigy to ches...
Edited on April 2, 2023: Happy April Fools' Day, everyone. Stay safe! Chess.com is excited to announce a complete overhaul of the chess-playing experience, now especially crafted for the next generation of young talents. With a swipe-cen...
It is the prestigious annual event that brings together the global sports industry's big players—and yet again Chess.com was there to discuss the hot topics facing the game. Cheating, format changes, branding, issues of governance, and eve...
10-year-old prodigy FM Faustino Oro is once again in the spotlight. Now a clip of the Argentinian beating world number-one Magnus Carlsen in Chess.com's Bullet Brawl has captured the attention of millions of viewers within a few days. Few player...
