GM Arjun Erigaisi bested the two-time Junior Speed Chess Champion, GM Nihal Sarin, in the final of the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship on Monday. Down two points after the 3|1 blitz, Erigaisi clinched the title with a five-game winning stre...
The reigning Women's World Blitz Champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, defeated IM Irene Sukandar in the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Monday. Though the players scored evenly in the first blitz segment, as the time controls ...
Football fans, rejoice! If you've ever caught yourself squeezing some bullet games in between Super Bowl commercials, we have good news. Chess.com is excited to announce BlitzChamps, an event where NFL stars will compete in a series of rapid games...
GM Dmitry Andreikin won week 17 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, overcoming GM Jules Moussard, who made it to the final in his first-ever knockout. GMs Vladimir Fedoseev and Nodirbek Abdusattorov made it to the se...
Chess.com is excited to announce the return of Chess Played Quick, our event series where streamers speed through challenges to collect prizes and bounties! This month's CPQ Bot Battles Bingo Edition happens on June 13 at 10 a.m. PT/19:00 CET and ...
You probably know that the biggest online rapid event for elite players, the Rapid Chess Championship, is happening right now, don't you? But have you ever wondered how you'd stack up against some of the grandmasters playing in the event? Well, no...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won week 15 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. He gained a victory from a losing position against GM Dmitry Andreikin, winner of the Swiss in the knockout final. GMs David Paravyan and Jose Martin...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won week 14 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Dmitry Andreikin in a hard-fought knockout final. GM Jeffery Xiong won the Swiss tournament and finished in the semifinals along wi...
Chess.com is excited to announce a regulation change to our most elite event. The 2022 Rapid Chess Championship is now open to all grandmasters, starting this weekend on May 14! With this change, more of your favorite players will have the chanc...
Mother's Day has come to many parts of the world, and it's time to celebrate and show appreciation to that special someone who gave you life. Three new mom bots are waiting on our Play Computer page to spend some quality time with you and play che...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won week 12 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the knockout final, after also finishing first in the Saturday Swiss. GM Hikaru Nakamura finished ...
The I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship (IMSCC) is back for its 2022 edition, starting on May 9. The competition is once more bringing fan-favorite IMs and other masters to vie for their share of the $10,000 prize fund and bragging rights among ...
After seven intense days of play, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda prevailed on the leaderboard with 14 points and won the Oslo Esports Cup, the first major of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022. GM Le Quang Liem finished in second with 13 points...
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa once again share the lead with 12 points after the penultimate day of play. They are followed closely by GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Le Quang Liem, both with 11 points. Behind them, we find GM&n...
GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is again the sole leader of the event after day five. After him comes GM Magnus Carlsen with nine points, closely followed by GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Le Quang Liem and Jorden van Foreest with eight points. Both GMs A...
After day four—halfway through the event—GM Magnus Carlsen shares the lead with GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa at nine points after defeating him in their match today. GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Le Quang Liem&nbs...
GM Alexey Sarana won week 11 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Andrey Esipenko in the knockout final. GM Hikaru Nakamura won the Swiss tournament and made it to the semifinals along wit...
GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa remains the sole leader of the event after day three with nine points and zero losses. He is followed in the standings by GM Magnus Carlsen with six points; after him, we find the GMs Jan-Krzysztof ...
GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa emerged as the sole and unbeaten leader of the Oslo Esports Cup after day two with six points, followed by GM Anish Giri with four points. Behind him stand GMs Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jorden va...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Praggnanadhaa R., and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won their respective matches in the first round of the Oslo Esports Cup—no tiebreaks were necessary. Both Carlsen and Praggnanadhaa needed only three games to win th...
Chess.com is partnering with treasure.chess.com to offer an experimental NFT marketplace where players, creators, and collectors can create, trade, buy, and sell NFTs made from their Chess.com games. NFTs are a widely popular, and controversial,...
Chess.com is excited to announce that verified accounts are coming to Chess.com beginning April 21. It's been one of our goals to offer online prize events open to all our members in an environment where everyone can trust that they are playing ag...
Chess.com is delighted to announce the Chess.com Global Championship (CGC), our biggest tournament ever. With a total prize fund of $1,000,000, including $500,000 for our final live event at the five-star 1 Hotel in Toronto, Canada, this is an eve...
GM Levon Aronian won week 10 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, besting GM Alexander Grischuk in the knockout final. GM Hikaru Nakamura won the Swiss tournament and made it to the semifinals along wi...