What was intended to be a harmless joke turned into a firestorm, racking up over 50 million views and becoming Chess.com's most viral post ever. Chess.com's social media accounts have nearly nine million followers across all platforms. They aim ...
Chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer, IM Danny Rensch, hosted the latest installment of State of Chess on Thursday. He was joined by several colleagues to share exciting updates, including the highly anticipated return of PogChamps. The three-h...
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has released the official trailer for its upcoming series Chess Masters: The Endgame. The highly anticipated series, in which 12 rising stars of the UK’s booming chess community battle it out and GM...
In a YouTube video entitled "Being a Chess Professional (in Europe) sucks." Austrian GM Felix Blohberger spoke out about several challenges professional players face outside of the elite (top 30). "This video is not there to blame a...
2024 has been an eventful year for chess. We saw quite some movement in the FIDE's top 10 list, with a new generation of young talents cementing themselves among the chess elite. We all cheered on as legendary players put on some thrilling perform...
People are not much better than a coin flip at guessing if their opponent is cheating in a chess game. That's what grandmaster and economics researcher David Smerdon concluded after running two experiments to test people's ability to spot cheaters...
48-year-old CM Demis Hassabis, a former child chess prodigy and the founder of DeepMind, the company that revolutionized computer chess, has won the 2024 Nobel Prize For Chemistry. He shared half the 11m Swedish kronor ($1.06m) prize with Professo...
It's official: the Chess.com Streamers Program is expanding to YouTube. After the latest upgrades from our tech team, showcasing your YouTube stream on Chess.com is just as easy as showcasing your Twitch stream. Our goal is to support creators w...
From accused to accomplished: GM Hans Niemann has stormed into the top-20 chess players in the world. On the September 2024 FIDE rating list, the 21-year-old American player has left seasoned grandmasters such as Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagr...
Wouldn't it be better if there were not separate chess titles for women? GM Judit Polgar, the strongest female player of all time, made this thought-provoking suggestion a few days ago in the latest New in Chess podcast, reigniting an old debate. ...
For the first time, GM Vaishali Rameshbabu has broken the 2500 barrier officially, with an 11th place on the August 2024 FIDE rating list. FIDE World Championship contender GM Gukesh Dommaraju returned to being the sixth highest-rated player in th...
Chess.com is back at TwitchCon this year, with the 2024 European TwitchCon event kicking off in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on June 29. There are plenty of amazing activities planned for chess fans, and we look forward to meeting many of you the...
Update (October 10, 2024): Casting calls are now underway for the new Chess Masters series in 2025! If you think you have what it takes to be a chess champ, and have interest in being on the show, contact Curve Media at chessmasters@curvemedia.com...
GM Ben Finegold is known for his sharp wit and even sharper tactics. And now you have the chance to experience both of these when you play his official Chess.com bot! Play The Finegold Bot This iconic American grandmaster has been entertaining...
A paralyzed man is able to play chess with the help of a chip produced by Neuralink and implanted into his brain. A video posted on Wednesday evening on the social media platform X showing the remarkable achievement has been viewed over 70 million...
A group of strong-minded and strong-legged chess enthusiasts banded together and walked 13 miles (21 kilometers) across New York on March 16 to raise over $11,000 for The Gift of Chess. This charitable organization seeks to transform lives...
The 2024 Candidates Tournament is rapidly approaching, and it could very well be a landmark moment in chess history once all is said and done. Exciting young talents combine with established veterans of the game, with the winner taking on current ...
March is Women's History Month, and to celebrate the impact that women have had—and continue to have—on the game of chess, we're hosting a special arena tournament and roundtable discussion featuring some of the leading women's voices ...
The inaugural ChessKid National Festival is only a week away, and some of the chess world's most famous names are getting ready to descend on Charlotte, North Carolina to join the festivities. Tickets for the ChessKid National Festival are still...
CDawgVA, the PogChamps 5 champion, streaming star, and voice actor, is returning to Chess.com... in bot form! The first ever winner of a live PogChamps final, Connor has more than 3.1 million YouTube followers and 1.2 million Twitch followers. He ...
Tired of playing the same opening every time, but don't know where to start? Here's a great new way to expand your repertoire and get comfortable with different openings: Opening Roulette! Aimed specifically at chess improvers seeking to broaden...
The 2024 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship is now open for registration! Start your 2024 off with the resolution to play lots of chess and join one of the world's largest-ever chess events. What is the Daily Chess Championship? This prest...
Legendary fighting game champion SonicFox is best known for delivering brutal beatdowns in Mortal Kombat, but they're also a force to be reckoned with over the chess board—and now they've got an official Chess.com bot to prove it! This for...
Registration is now open for the Spring 2024 season of the Collegiate Chess League! The world's premier university-level chess event returns next year, retaining its four vs. four team-based format and a $25,000 prize fund. The Collegiat...
It's finally here. The biggest names in chess will be facing each other in one of the year's most prestigious events: the Finals of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour. A full season of chess tournaments has culminated in this showdown, as GMs Magnus Ca...
