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...
The first-ever Chess.com PogChamps kicked off Friday, with fans across the world tuning in to watch their favorite Twitch streamers clash on the chessboard. Opening day action saw Group A kick off in earnest, with Fuslie and Voyboy both notching w...
On Monday, GM Anish Giri and IM Danny Rensch teamed up for the third installment of the "Adopt-a-Danny" series—a special event to help raise awareness for adoption, contributing all donated proceeds to the Dave Thomas Foundation fo...
IM Alina Kashlinksaya will be facing IM John Bartholomew in the IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship final. Bartholomew defeated IM Greg Shahade 15.5-6.5 in a much-anticipated match that saw great banter before and after the games. The...
IM Alina Kashlinskaya became the first player to reach the final of the IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship. On Thursday, the Russian player defeated IM Teddy Coleman 17.5-6.5. In the final, Kashlinskaya will meet the winner of the ma...
Greetings, chess fans! April certainly kept us—and our systems—busy! Behind the scenes, our operations specialists worked hard to keep the servers from boiling over, as COVID-19 kept site traffic higher than ever. But that wasn't all...
The semifinals of the IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship will be played among IMs John Bartholomew, Teddy Coleman, Alina Kashlinskaya, and Greg Shahade, who won their quarterfinal matches this week. The first semifinal featuring...
The last Titled Tuesday tournament in the month of April was won by GM Anton Korobov. The Ukrainian grandmasters scored 8.5/9 and finished ahead of a group of 10 players on 8 points, including GM Alexander Grischuk and GM Hikaru Nakamura...
With three more winners on Friday and Saturday, the IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship moves to the next stage: the quarterfinals. IMs Teddy Coleman, Lawrence Trent, and Carissa Yip defeated IMs Danny Rensch, Kostya Kavutskiy, and Dean...
IM Greg Shahade and IM Eric Rosen qualified for the quarterfinals of the IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship after beating IM Anna Zatonskih and IM Elisabeth Paehtz, respectively. Three more matches in the round of 16 will follow on Friday a...
With lots of usual suspects playing (such as GM Alexander Grischuk, GM Hikaru Nakamura, and GM Vidit Gujrathi) it was GM Shant Sargsyan who finished in clear first place. The 18-year-old Armenian grandmaster scored 8.5/9 in April's third Titled Tu...
IM John Bartholomew was the first to reach the quarterfinals of the IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship as he defeated IM David Pruess on Saturday. A day later, IM Levy Rozman knocked out IM Tania Sachdev. The first Speed Chess Championshi...
Leela Chess Zero defeated Stockfish with a score of 106-94 in the final of the 13th Chess.com Computer Chess Championship that finished earlier this week. The match, played on the Chess.com server, saw 26 decisive games. The final was the culmin...
Chess.com is thrilled to announce our first official league for club competition, the Chess.com Clubs League. Chess.com has been home to outstanding community leagues for more than a decade. We have thriving leagues for rapid, blitz, bullet, daily...
Chess.com's Team Battle series continues on Saturday, April 11 at 12 p.m. Pacific Time (20:00 Central European Time) on Twitch.tv/Chess. This month's theme, Zoomers Play Chess will feature a teenage clash between Chess.com's top tee...
Hey, chess fans! Last month was crazy at Chess.com—and everywhere. As our normal lives and routines were suddenly interrupted, we were fortunate to still be able share in the fun and community of chess online. The Chess.com team kept bus...
Six of India's best players will offer simultaneous exhibitions on Chess.com to support the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund. Set to start on Saturday, April 11, at 6 am Pacific Time (...
The second Femme Batale show, a women's continental clash between Europe and North America held last Saturday, raised $3,397 for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. The match starred IM Anna Rudolf, WGM Jennifer Shahade, WFM Alexandra Bote...
This Tuesday marks the beginning of the 2020 Candidates Tournament, and now you can play alongside your favorite players with Chess.com's Candidates Fantasy Contest! Chess.com is offering over $5,000 in prizes which you can battle for every day of...
The Armenia Eagles and Canada Chessbrahs have advanced to the PRO Chess League Finals in Norway at ChessParty2020. The Eagles and Chessbrahs are headed to the Live PRO Chess League Finals. The Eagles and the Chessbrahs are the fin...
The Chesskid Speed Chess Championship of India finals will be held on Friday, March 13. As spooky as Friday the 13th might sound, six lucky kids will be winning the grand prize of a paid trip to a Meet & Greet with Indian superstar GM Vis...
Hey, chess fans! It's that time again! Let's leap back to last month, and review what kept the Chess.com team busy in February 2020... Puzzles Made some behind-the-scenes changes to help when broadcasting Puzzle Battle events. Also behi...
In his first-ever gig as a commentator, GM Viswanathan Anand will be part of the Chess.com commentary team for the FIDE Candidates Tournament. The five-time world champion will be checking in regularly, along with other top grandmasters. The hig...
