By Tuesday, September 14 we only had the four strongest teams left in the 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad: China, Russia, India, and the USA. It was a truly exciting semifinal to expect, and what happened didn't let spectators down in terms of excitemen...
Monday, September 13 saw some exciting quarterfinals action in the 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad. As a reminder, last week we had the top division's matches, from which eight teams qualified. We are now down to the final four teams. The format of...
GM Richard Rapport increased his lead at Norway Chess to a commanding three points after scoring his third classical win on Monday. The Hungarian GM defeated GM Aryan Tari for the second time. GM Magnus Carlsen is back in third place after scori...
Stalemates, drama, and memes marked the finals of PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase. It couldn't have been any more amazing with some of the greatest content creators and chess commentators on Earth coming together to enjoy chess. Two tiebreaks ...
GM Sergey Karjakin wasn't happy with his play in the opening but, using a long-term exchange sacrifice, eventually defeated GM Magnus Carlsen for the first time in five years in a classical game. In doing so, the Russian GM leapfrogged his opponen...
The final day of PogChamps 4 quarterfinals presented by Coinbase excited the audience and the spectators on Saturday, as the pairs were decided for Sunday's main events. Rubius earned the win 1.5-0.5 against JakenbakeLIVE and goes on to the cons...
On Friday, the final three rounds of the top division's tournament have been played, and next week we are moving on to playoffs. The results of this part of the Olympiad were both expected and somewhat surprising: on one hand, the rating favorites...
A round before the end there was still a four-way tie for first place with GM Garry Kasparov among the contestants. Eventually, it was GM Leinier Dominguez who avoided a playoff as the only winner among the leaders and finished in clear first plac...
GM Richard Rapport is the only player who won a classical game so far at the Norway Chess tournament, and on Friday he won his second (calling it "pure luck"). By beating GM Alireza Firouzja the Hungarian GM gained three points and is now two and ...
The second day of PogChamps 4 quarterfinals presented by Coinbase was once again filled with drama and unbelievable twists that kept spectators perplexed and amazed. Rubius defeated NickEh30 and is now closer to winning the consolation bracket f...
The 2021-22 season of the 20/20 Championship League hosted on and sponsored by Chess.com begins September 19! This extremely popular live rapid team event has featured nearly 200 teams from around the world since it was launched online. Teams in...
Today, the FIDE Online Olympiad players have crossed division one's equator. Let's see what happened during the second day of the top division's matches in each of the pools. It was even more eventful than the first one as leaders of many groups...
Scoring 3/3 on the second day, GM Leinier Dominguez took over the lead from GM Fabiano Caruana at the Champions Showdown Chess9LX tournament in St. Louis. GM Garry Kasparov had an excellent day. He scored 2.5/3, moved to shared third place, a...
For the second day in a row, all classical games at the Norway Chess tournament ended in draws and therefore three more armageddon games were played. GM Richard Rapport lost to GM Magnus Carlsen but is still a point ahead in the standings. GM Ia...
The playoffs began today in PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase. The action began with jakenbakeLIVE beating JustaMinx 2-0 in the consolation bracket. Then MrBeast gave Harry Mack a draw to start the second consolation quarterfinal of the day, ...
We all love olympiads. There's the Olympics, and, of course, the Chess Olympiad. In this one, the time has come for competition between the strongest teams out there, as the top division started playing today. The format of the tournament is thr...
GM Fabiano Caruana leads the Champions Showdown Chess9LX tournament in St. Louis after the first of three days. A surprising result was GM Hikaru Nakamura's 0/3, while GM Garry Kasparov drew twice and lost one. Round 3 standings #...
We are proud to announce the third season of the Collegiate Chess League (CCL) run in partnership with Chess.com and the Corporate Esports Association (CEA). Since the league's creation in 2019, the chess world has seen incredible increases in pla...
GM Richard Rapport continues to lead the Norway Chess tournament after drawing both his classical and armageddon games with GM Sergey Karjakin, gaining 1.5 points. GM Magnus Carlsen is in second place after surviving a scare in the classical and t...
GM Nodirbek Yakubboev won the first Titled Tuesday of September, and his first since February 2020, with a score of 9.5/11, winning on the tiebreaker over GM Maksim Chigaev. GM Daniel Naroditsky took third with the best tiebreaker of the four...
GM Richard Rapport is the early leader at the Norway Chess tournament which took off on Tuesday. The Hungarian GM beat Norway's GM Aryan Tari in the classical game to score three points, whereas GM Magnus Carlsen got 1.5 points for his armageddon ...
Another exciting day of PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase kept viewers glued to their seats as the most unpredictable matches yet happened. Sapnap defeated a partying JustaMinx with ease while she was distracted partying. The three other matches...
With Division 2 wrapped up, the 2021 FIDE Online Olympiad is ready for the Top Division, to be played September 8-10. Fifteen qualifiers—Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, Philippi...
All sweeps once again in PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase, with every match going 2-0. Crokeyz defeated Punz with two queen captures. Harry Mack played way above his level, but boxbox still won both games solidly, and MrBeast showed huge endgam...
