The London Chess Classic (LCC) was one of the first tournaments I heard of when I first entered the chess world in 2020. Previously hosted in West London at the Kensington Olympia, a place I had only ever visited for Christmas markets, the Classic...
[Editor's note: Lula is one of the most popular Chess.com streamers with tens of thousands of fans. She started playing in December 2020 and earned her WCM title in 2024. This article is about her personal experience at the 2024 Reykjavik Open&nbs...
Sayantan Das becomes India's 81st GM after beating the opposition at the International Festival des Jeux in Cannes, France. Das entered the A Group of the tournament as an IM, chasing the 24 FIDE Elo points that would bring him to the 2500 mark an...
The Chessable Sunway Sitges Chess Festival 2022 was won by GM Kirill Alekseenko. He scored 8.5/10 in the ninth edition of the Spanish tournament, taking home the first-place trophy and €5,000. Coming in second was GM Hans Niemann, who beat GM...
