GM Hikaru Nakamura is now one title away from securing a landmark 50 Bullet Brawl wins after he won December's first arena while joking about his relative age to the rest of the field. Nakamura scored 53.5/63 for a total score of 180 and barely pu...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov had already won the London Chess Classic Elite Tournament with a day to spare, and all draws in the final round meant he finished two points clear on 7.5/9. He made a solid draw against GM Pavel Eljanov, while second-...
No one could have predicted that Samay Raina, one of the lowest-rated players in the field, would win SuperPogChamps. But the comedian had the last laugh when he defeated Andrea Botez and Sardoche in the Championship Bracket to take the crown. I...
IM Renato Terry won another 3 0 Thursday tournament on December 4, marking the third consecutive week that he's won one of the three events. No one else has won more than once since the event debuted on November 6. GM Vladislav Artemiev and IM Ant...
GM Sina Movahed won Freestyle Friday on December 5 with a round to spare, becoming just the fourth player to win the event at least four times. Even more impressively, Movahed won 10 straight games to end the tournament, persevering despite a loss...
Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha from India was 2.5 years old when he picked up chess. Now he plays up to five hours a day, and at just three years, seven months, and 20 days, he has become the youngest FIDE-rated player. Chess is becoming younger ...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov clinched "truly an amazing tournament for me" with a round to spare after forcing a draw from a position of strength against GM Alireza Firouzja. Elsewhere in the London Chess Classic Elite Tournament it was a dream day fo...
Almost all the favorites won their SuperPogChamps quarterfinal matches. Sardoche overpowered Linda Diaz with his chess, while Wirtual's own mouse betrayed him in his match against Andrea Botez. In the Consolation Bracket, Cows went extinct as Sp...
The Finals of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, taking place near Cape Town, South Africa, are just around the corner. The year-long tour brings together eight world-class players to compete in a Chess960 tournament that starts at the Groo...
When Jaguar TCS Racing was looking for someone to help launch their new campaign ahead of Season 12 of the all-electric Formula E Championship, they turned to renowned streamer, content creator, and WFM Anna Cramling. “In chess, every piec...
Samay Raina can make you laugh, and Samay Raina can make you cry. The Indian comedian won every single game in Group B of SuperPogChamps, guaranteeing his spot in the Championship Bracket's semifinals. Sardoche and Wirtual both made it to the uppe...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov now leads the London Chess Classic Elite Tournament by two points with two rounds to go after beating GM Luke McShane for a sixth win in a row. The remaining games were drawn, with second-placed GM Alireza Firouzja frustra...
Today was the first day of something you thought you'd never see. When watching PogChamps, one might expect Botez Gambits, stalemates, and generally the worst chess you've ever seen when tens of thousands of dollars are on the line. That was not...
GM Magnus Carlsen won his second Titled Tuesday in four weeks on December 2, needing only 9.5 points to take the tournament without even needing tiebreaks. He caught and passed GM Sina Movahed in the 11th round, and clinched the outright win when ...
We're excited to announce the final event of this year's Chess.com Community Championships, the Chess.com Fog of War Chess Championship! The event starts on December 11 and features a $2,500 prize fund. Fog of War chess is not a variant fo...
The FIDE World Cup dominated chess headlines in November, leading to several changes in the December 2025 FIDE rating list. No one benefited more than quarterfinalist GM Jose Martinez, known primarily for his Titled Tuesday and other online blitz ...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov made it a magnificent five wins in a row at the London Chess Classic Elite Tournament after GM Sam Shankland went astray in a razor-sharp position. Abdusattorov now has a 1.5-point lead over GM Alireza Firouzja, who had to...
The Academy Award-winning animated short War Is Over!, a film in which an emotional game of correspondence chess becomes a lifeline between two soldiers on opposite sides of a battlefield, was released on YouTube today. Last year, War Is Over! b...
This December, Chess.com is giving you the gift of five limited-edition bots for you to defeat! Take on classic holiday characters like Frosty and Santa, or test your luck against a ghostly chess spirit, a claymation monster, and more. Wil...
After 225,000 Chess.com players cast 988,000 votes, posted 52,000 forum comments, and made 41 moves, IM Levy Rozman delivered checkmate as The World finally fell on Saturday during Thanksgiving weekend, bringing an end to Chess.com's GothamChess v...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov extended his lead on Sunday at the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament to a full point after winning his fourth game in a row, against GM Nikolas Theodorou. GM Alireza Firouzja, who drew with GM Gawain Maroroa Jones, i...
In Saturday's fourth round, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov maintained his half-point lead at the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament with a third consecutive win. The Uzbek GM defeated GM Michael Adams as Black but saw his main rival GM Alireza Firo...
GM Ediz Gurel capped off a tremendous November in the Bullet Brawl arena by picking up his third $400 win of the month on Saturday. Gurel won 49 games, drew three, and lost 13, amassing a winning score of 167 points in the process. GMs Hikaru Na...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov's second win in a row, this time over GM Nikita Vitiugov, has given him the sole lead in the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament on 2.5/3 after the remaining games were drawn. GM Michael Adams took a draw by repetition...
GM Arjun Erigaisi joined the five-time Freestyle Friday winner's club after clinching November's final event with a score of 10/11. GM Hans Niemann, who was the only player to topple Arjun, went undefeated; however, three draws relegated him to se...
