$12 million in funding has been secured to organize a series of "Freestyle" chess tournaments similar to the first event held in February of this year in Weissenhaus, Germany. Initiators GM Magnus Carlsen and Jan Henric Buettner joined forces with...
The US Chess Federation announced on Monday that Shama Yisrael, a 20-year-old from Florida, has crossed the 2200 USCF rating barrier and will become the first female, African-American national master in the country's history when the rating lists ...
Abdalrahman Sameh Mohamed played his first tournament in January, won the African Youth Championship in June, and on Thursday took it one step further to sensationally win the Egyptian Chess Championship. He's just ten years old. Abdalrahman, wi...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is proud to announce Hikaru's Kickathalon of Chess - Sponsored by Kick.com. On Thursday, July 11 at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CEST, both titled and amateur players alike will have a chance to compete for a share of the $13,150 prize fund...
After progressing to the ChessKid Youth Championships Knockout earlier in the day, 13-year-old GM-elect Yagiz Erdogmus has commanded another headline with a historic Bullet Brawl victory on Saturday. Scoring 220 points, he finished well ahead of s...
Chess.com’s print publishing operations, comprising of New in Chess and Everyman Chess are splitting off from Chess.com and merging with Quality Chess to create a group of strong and independent print publishing companies. The New in Chess m...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda tops the eight-player lineup for the Finals of the 2024 Chess.com Chess960 Championship after finishing the first qualifier on a perfect 9/9 score. He'll be joined for the knockout event by GMs Vladimir Fedoseev, Raunak Sadhw...
In a near-carbon copy of June's earlier editions, GM Daniel Naroditsky scored a dominant 235 points to secure his third straight Bullet Brawl title in the $1,000 event. With 66 wins, four draws, and just 13 losses to his name, Naroditsky finished ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is through to the Grand Final of the 2024 Bullet Chess Championship after beating GM Daniel Naroditsky 16.5-11.5. Naroditsky still has one life remaining and will play the winner of the match between GMs Alireza Firouzja and&nbs...
Scramble the back rank of your sets because the 2024 Chess.com Community Championships is launching the Chess960 Championships in just a few weeks! The enticing prize fund of $7,500 includes $2,000 for first place, $1,400 for second, $800 for t...
GM Magnus Carlsen triumphed at Casablanca Chess 2024, clinching first in a dynamic finish vs. GM Hikaru Nakamura. Nakamura himself won second while GM Viswanathan Anand finished third. The 15th world champion's compelling last-round victor...
Decades after the popular TV show The Master Game, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) plans to broadcast a new chess show. In Chess Masters, to be aired in 2025, players of different ages and backgrounds will go head to head in a seri...
17-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has taken the sole lead of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament with one round to go after exacting revenge against GM Alireza Firouzja in round 13. GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura made a draw to stay a ha...
It's late at night at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City, early 1960s. Smoke wafts between shadowed men playing chess under lamplights. But what stands out most in this historic photograph is the sole young woman, exhaling the fog of war ove...
It is the prestigious annual event that brings together the global sports industry's big players—and yet again Chess.com was there to discuss the hot topics facing the game. Cheating, format changes, branding, issues of governance, and eve...
After GM Denis Lazavik upset GM Alireza Firouzja in the 10th round of the early Titled Tuesday event of March 26 and went on to win, Firouzja scored a dominant 10.5/11 in the late contest to capture the second tournament. It was Lazavik's first wi...
In a fresh podcast interview released Monday, GM Magnus Carlsen talked about his two favorites for the Candidates Tournament that begins in Toronto on April 4, his future in classical events, his new motivation, the Chess960 tour, and much more. ...
[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...
GM Hikaru Nakamura's Bullet Brawl rampage continued on Saturday with another $400 performance in a two-hour arena that featured the likes of GMs Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer. Scoring 232, the 2024 Candidates Tournament hopeful was challenged ...
In a move that could potentially shake up the chess world, GM Magnus Carlsen and German entrepreneur Jan-Henric Buettner have launched the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, a new ambitious series of Chess960 tournaments that will run across five co...
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 ...
The game of chess is witnessing a fascinating trend. New research by Chess.com shows that grandmasters are now achieving their titles at an earlier age than ever. Will the chess world see 10- or 11-year-olds becoming grandmasters in the next few y...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen enhanced his claim to be the greatest of all time Friday as he won the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge by defeating world number-two Fabiano Caruana in the final match. We take a look at what else we learned...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the final classical game to win the inaugural 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge and the $60,000 top prize. GM Levon Aronian took third place with a powerful win over GM Nodirbek ...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen missed a chance for more as he made a draw with Black against GM Fabiano Caruana in game one of the 2024 Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge Final. GM Levon Aronian found a miracle escape against GM Nodirbek Abd...
