IM Alice Lee continues to lead the Cairns Cup 2025 after making a draw with GM Nana Dzagnidze. The one decisive result was IM Carissa Yip beating GM Nino Batsiashvili from a position she could have even lost. We saw draws in the rest: GM-elect Bib...
The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is headed for Las Vegas, and it's bringing 16 of the world's top grandmasters to the heart of the Strip. The organizers have announced more than half of the field that will compete in the fourth leg of th...
Sixteen-year-old GM Ediz Gurel took down GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave while 11-year-old IM Faustino Oro beat GM David Navara as the 2025 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships began in London. GM Arjun Erigaisi's Team MGD1 tops the standings with...
IM Alice Lee, the youngest and lowest-rated player in the Cairns Cup 2025, won again in round two and leads with a perfect score. With the black pieces, she defeated GM Mariya Muzychuk. In the other decisive game, GM Nana Dzagnidze recovered from ...
GM Hans Niemann began the early Titled Tuesday on 10/10 on his way to victory by half a point over GM Magnus Carlsen, but Carlsen would take his revenge by winning in the late tournament on 10/11. Each player defeated the other in the 10th round o...
All five games were decisive in round one of the Cairns Cup 2025. In the lead are GM Koneru Humpy, GM Harika Dronavalli, IM Alina Kashlinskaya, GM-elect Bibisara Assaubayeva, and IM Alice Lee after winning, respectively, against GM Nana Dzagnidze,...
Fifteen-year-old GM Andy Woodward won the 2025 Under 16 ChessKid Youth Championship after beating 14-year-old GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus in the Final. It was payback against last year's winner, who eliminated Woodward in the 2024 Semifinals. Woodward ...
GM Magnus Carlsen’s seventh Norway Chess win was one of his most memorable yet, partly for the dramatic finale but mainly for the rivalry with World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju. Carlsen won their round-one clash, but in round six Gukesh beat h...
GM Hikaru Nakamura prevailed in a showdown with world number-seven GM Alireza Firouzja during Saturday's Bullet Brawl, earning himself the $400 first prize and his 41st title. Nakamura scored 70 wins, four losses, and a string of draws at the tail...
GM Aravindh Chithambaram's fast rise to the highest echelons in chess continued last week in Jermuk, Armenia, where the 25-year-old Indian grandmaster edged out GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu on tiebreaks to win the Stepan Avagyan Memorial. Aravindh...
GM Magnus Carlsen has won his seventh Norway Chess title after escaping and then almost winning a lost position against GM Arjun Erigaisi. With seconds to spare, he took a draw, which seemed to guarantee the title as GM Fabiano Caruana was beating...
The perfect 11/11 score doesn't exis—well, it's only happened seven times in hundreds of Titled Tuesdays over several years, but in just a few months' time, Freestyle Friday has its first 11/11 performance in the record books. The mark belon...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen leads World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju by half a point going into the final round of Norway Chess 2025 after both stars won their classical games in round nine. Carlsen sacrificed a pawn against GM Fabiano Caruana bu...
We're excited to announce the next edition of BlitzChamps, the viral online tournament where NFL stars go head-to-head in blitz chess. BlitzChamps IV returns on June 16, starting at 4 p.m. ET / 22:00 CEST. This year’s showdown features a $10...
GMs Levon Aronian and Alireza Firouzja are your winners for the first Titled Tuesdays in June 2025. Aronian doesn't play Titled Tuesday very often, so it is always a treat when he does; this was his first win in the event since December 2023. Firo...
A team of GM Benjamin Bok and Ronnyberger convincingly won 5-0 in the final of the Grand Chess Gala at TwitchCon EU in Rotterdam on Sunday, hosted by none other than WFM Anna Cramling.. Chess was prominently featured at the biggest event in the ...
GM Fabiano Caruana continues to lead Norway Chess 2025 after round eight, even after his classical loss to GM Arjun Erigaisi in a time scramble. It was a heartbreaker for the leader, as Caruana had been pressing for the entire game. GM Magnus Carl...
The third leg of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will take place in Las Vegas from July 16 to 20, the German organizers revealed on Tuesday. The venue for the tour's U.S. debut this summer offers fans the opportunity to follow the star-st...
Get ready for tricks, swindles, and high levels of adrenaline. The Chess.com Hyperbullet Chess Championship is coming up, starting June 12! Get ready to prove you're the fastest "pawnslinger" on Chess.com. The event is the sixth installmen...
With wins in their round seven classical games of Norway Chess 2025, GM Fabiano Caruana has taken pole position while World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju follows a point behind. Caruana defeated GM Wei Yi on the latter's 26th birthday, squeezing water...
GM Magnus Carlsen seemed to be on his way to extending his lead in Norway Chess 2025 by another three points with a second win against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju. But the 19-year-old GM, who had been losing, pounced on a blunder and turned th...
Newly minted IM Reza Mahdavi became the 13th player and the second IM to win an edition of Bullet Brawl after outclassing 175 titled players in Saturday's event. Mahdavi posted a scorching 62.5/73, which earned him a final score of 221 and sa...
Round five of Norway Chess 2025 featured three classical draws followed by three armageddon wins. GM Magnus Carlsen won the armageddon game with Black against GM Fabiano Caruana to extend his lead. GM Hikaru Nakamura had winning chances in both th...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk took home his third Freestyle Friday on May 30, tying him with GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Arjun Erigaisi for the most so far, and he did it with a last-minute comeback. Bortnyk scored 9.5/11, passing GM Leon Luke Mendonca in the ...
