If 2024 was the golden year for India, with double gold in the Olympiad and GM Gukesh Dommaraju crowned world champion, 2026 is shaping up to be a golden year for Uzbekistan so far. The nation's number-one GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has already been...
Chess.com Open runner-up GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who qualified for the 2026 Esports World Cup with the result, followed up by winning Titled Tuesday on April 28. Propelled by an 8/8 start, Duda would only score half a point in the next two rounds, ...
Millions of viewers of Jeopardy!—one of America’s most popular TV shows—saw a dramatic shakeup on Monday when IM Greg Shahade dethroned one of its most dominant contestants ever. Jamie Ding had become a popular personality duri...
Team Liquid's GM Magnus Carlsen won the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs after defeating GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in an exhilarating Grand Final. Duda, coming from the Losers Bracket, dominated the first match 2.5-0.5, but Carlsen came back in the Match ...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda will have a rematch with GM Magnus Carlsen in the Grand Final of the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs. On Saturday, the Polish star won the Losers Final 1.5-0.5 with the black pieces in a sharp Nimzo-Indian Defense against GM Den...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GMs Denis Lazavik and Jan-Krzysztof Duda, with a 3-2 score in both matches, to advance to the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs Grand Final. Just by reaching the Winners Final, however, Duda has earned one of the three q...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Denis Lazavik, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and Nihal Sarin are the last ones standing in the Winners Bracket of the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs, after winning two matches on Thursday. In the Losers Bracket, the first four players were...
GM Javokhir Sindarov's historic win at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament saw him return home a hero to Uzbekistan, where he was met in Tashkent Airport by the prime minister before being awarded a second medal in six months by the president. Can...
Grandmasters, a new docuseries featuring GMs Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, and Hans Niemann, along with other top figures in the chess world, will premiere as an Official Selection at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, with its debut screening sc...
GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus has taken another step toward chess history. The 14-year-old Turkish prodigy crushed GM Veselin Topalov 5-1 in the Clash of Generations III on Friday, breaking the 2700 barrier on the live rating list for the first time and ...
Chess.com is thrilled to announce the next player to take on the world: international master and YouTube star Julien Song will face the global chess community in Julien Song vs. The World. The creator will kick off the match with the white pieces ...
GM Javokhir Sindarov blew away the field in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Cyprus to win €170,000 (~$200k) and, much more importantly, earn a world championship match against GM Gukesh Dommaraju. The 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates ...
24-year-old Indian star GM Vaishali Rameshbabu will play Chinese GM Ju Wenjun for the women's world championship title after clinching the 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates with a final-round win over GM Kateryna Lagno. GM Bibisara Assaubayeva could ha...
As a nine-year-old last year, FM Aarit Kapil stunned none other than GM Magnus Carlsen by making a draw against him in Chess.com's Titled Tuesday. Recently, he also broke the 3000 barrier on Chess.com, and now the Indian prodigy has become one of ...
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Matthias Bluebaum have fallen out of contention in the ongoing FIDE Candidates Tournament. That didn't stop them from trying their luck in 3 0 Thursday after completing their game in the Candidates. Both players played well...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri took revenge for first-half losses to shake up the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament standings. Nakamura's first win of the event came against GM Fabiano Caruana, who was caught in second place after Giri outplayed...
In Netflix’s Untold: Chess Mates, GM Hans Niemann reflects on how his life was changed by cheating allegations, while GM Magnus Carlsen offers fresh insight into what sparked one of the most controversial scandals in modern chess. The 74-m...
Finishing with two draws on the final day was just enough for GM Vincent Keymer to win the 60,000 euro first prize at the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open and qualify for the 2027 FIDE Freestyle World Championship. The 21-year-old German grandmast...
GM Javokhir Sindarov has ended the first half of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with a record 6/7, though GM Anish Giri built a fortress to deny him yet another win. GM Fabiano Caruana remains 1.5 points back after a draw against GM Praggnana...
Easter Sunday was another good day on home soil for GM Vincent Keymer, who beat GM Hans Niemann and drew with GM Magnus Carlsen to emerge as the sole leader of the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open with two rounds to go. Three players are trailing ...
Once again it was all about GM Javokhir Sindarov in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament as the Uzbek star won a difficult position against GM Wei Yi to move to a mind-blowing 5.5/6. He leads his closest pursuer GM Fabiano Caruana by 1.5 points aft...
As the only two players still on a perfect 5/5 score in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open, GMs Hans Niemann and Vincent Keymer will be playing each other on top board in Sunday morning's sixth round. Behind them is a group of six players on 4.5/5: G...
19 players are still on a perfect score after three rounds in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open, including big names such as GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hans Niemann, and Vincent Keymer. In round 3, Carlsen seemed to be close to dropping...
Two newly-released clips from Netflix’s upcoming Untold: Chess Mates documentary offer glimpses into both sides of the Carlsen vs. Niemann saga, featuring candid reflections from GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hans Niemann, and Hikaru Nakamura, just da...
It's the tournament GM Magnus Carlsen won with 9/9 last year, and on Thursday evening he started the new edition with another win: the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open. It is part of the Grenke Chess Festival that boasts over 3,500 participants in Karl...
