Last week's PRO Chess League action has set the tone for the 2020 season. While teams like the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and the Russia Wizards look to improve on their opening-week wins, teams such as the China Pandas...
The 2020 PRO Chess League is back, ending a 247-day drought since the end of last season. With the new improvements to the league format, fans watched the most competitive week in PRO Chess League history. The stronger competition brought debuts f...
Kid don't often get to meet their heroes, until now. ChessKid.com, the official scholastic extension of Chess.com, has announced the inaugural ChessKid Speed Chess Championship of India to begin January 15-19. Ten winning ChessKids w...
It's been a long off-season for PRO Chess League fans. Since the Saint Louis Arch Bishops secured their second league title 244 days ago in San Francisco, the league has brought on new improvements to achieve a more competitive season. Just 48 day...
Another complete year of exciting chess has ended—2019 has had the most power-packed schedule in recent years with elite tournaments, official events and strong opens. Overall, it was a fun year that gave us plenty of awesome games. The st...
The Iranian chess star and the country's top player Alireza Firouzja is considering changing his nationality after the Iranian chess federation withdrew its players from the upcoming World Rapid & Blitz in Moscow, according to the Ir...
Hey, chess fans! The end of the year is upon us, and it's time again to take a look at what kept us busy last month at Chess.com. Here are the highlights of November 2019. Puzzles Puzzle Battle Direct Challenges are released. See the full...
Is it possible for a chess beginner to gain enough knowledge and skill to improve 600 rating points in 90 days? For most people, it is not enough to simply play the game of chess and leave it at that. While it is a game, it is also a pursuit of ...
Happy holidays! Today we are thrilled to release a new member Home page. And because there are so many different ways to spend time on the site, the focus is entirely on customization. The best home page is the one you build you...
Wesley So is the first player to qualify for the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship final. The American grandmaster defeated Russia's Vladislav Artemiev 17.5-11.5 in their semifinal on Thursday. Before the match So was m...
Hikaru Nakamura defeated Jan-Krzysztof Duda 15.5-11.5 in Wednesday's Speed Chess Championship quarterfinal. It was the last match of the four quarterfinals, and the Speed Chess bracket now enters the final four. Duda started...
Vladislav Artemiev and Wesley So will play the first semifinal of the 2019 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship on Thursday. Their match will start at 7 a.m. Pacific (10 a.m. Eastern, 16:00 CET). Yesterday, Hikaru Nakamura defe...
To celebrate the start of the holiday shopping season, Chess.com is giving all members 24 hours of free access to Puzzle Battle, an exciting new game pitting two players against each other to solve as many chess puzzles as possible. The 24 hours...
On November 16, the Iranian government suspended internet access to its country. Iranian users are some of Chess.com's most active and enthusiastic players; this year, Team Iran won division two in the Live Chess World League ahead of motivate...
As part of the expanded, improved and updated Puzzle Rush, Chess.com will launch a new Puzzle Battle World Championship to determine the best chess-puzzle solver on the planet. The tournament will feature a field of 16, headed by 14 invited play...
It's been one year since Chess.com released Puzzle Rush, the game where players solve as many chess problems as they can in a short time. Puzzle Rush quickly became one of the most popular features on the site, and everyone from chess beginners to...
On Wednesday, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Danny Rensch teamed up for a special event to help raise awareness for adoption, contributing all donated proceeds to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. After a few close calls d...
It took a mid-tournament surge, but the Croatia Bulldogs have now secured the 24th and final position in the 2020 PRO Chess League. Led by IM Tuan Minh Le, the Bulldogs clinched a final-round match with Azerbaijan Wolves a...
Levon Aronian won the five-minute games, but then Vladislav Artemiev took over and ended up winning their Speed Chess Championship quarterfinal match convincingly. The Russian player dominated both the three- and one-minute segments towa...
Hello again, chess fans! Wow, November is flying by, and we have yet to address October. Sorry for the wait. Let's step back in time and find out what happened at Chess.com last month. Puzzles Capped the Puzzle Battle Streak multip...
The PRO Chess League Qualifiers are right around the corner, and the event will determine which team earns the final spot in the upcoming season. All eight teams are set to square off on Nov. 16, 2019, at 9 a.m. Pacific. After an intensi...
Hey, chess fans! Just like that, October is upon us, and it's time to look back on the month that was. September was huge! Let's dive right in... Puzzles Puzzle Rush gets competitive in real time, with the arrival of Puzzle Bat...
Chess.com's @IsaacSteincamp contributed to this report. Was it the most action-packed day in Speed Chess Championship history? With two dynamic battles between established chess legends and young, talented prodigies, Thursday was a day for the S...
The 2019 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship, with a prize fund of $50,000, continues Thursday with a doubleheader which will conclude the round of 16. First, Levon Aronian (Armenia) and Alireza Firouzja (Iran) will play at 7 a.m. PD...
