10-year-old prodigy FM Faustino Oro is once again in the spotlight. Now a clip of the Argentinian beating world number-one Magnus Carlsen in Chess.com's Bullet Brawl has captured the attention of millions of viewers within a few days. Few player...
After another 12 months logged in humanity's book, we might've lost track of how much we put into this timeless game. Thankfully, Chess.com has us covered with a brand new feature available now: YEAR IN CHESS! Look back at the stats of your fantas...
It’s the one-on-one showdown between “the internet’s chess teacher” and one of the rising stars of the game known in his homeland as the “Lionel Messi of chess”. Can Brooklyn-born IM Levy Rozman, aka GothamChe...
Mohamed Salah, one of the world's greatest soccer players, revealed that he is addicted to chess and wants to meet GM Magnus Carlsen. The former world champion responded with a waving-hand emoji. The Egyptian goal-scoring machine is considered o...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won October's fourth and final Bullet Brawl after he scored 74 wins, one draw, and four losses on his way to a commanding 283 score. The $400 winner was challenged by GMs David Paravyan and Jose Martinez, who earned $250 and $...
It started with a Chess.com account during the pandemic. Now 9-year-old FM Faustino Oro from Argentina has made history as the youngest player ever to score an IM norm. The prodigy dubbed the "Messi of Chess" by Argentinian media made headlines ...
GM Alan Pichot, Latin America's strongest player for years, has moved from Argentina and become Spain's fifth-highest-ranked player. On his way out, he criticized the Argentinian Chess Federation and its president for the lack of financial support...
Nine-year-old FM Faustino Oro has been dubbed the "Messi of Chess" by Argentinian media as he made history as the youngest player to ever break the 2300 rating barrier. In March, the 2013-born Argentinian became the youngest player to ever break...
With more than 87,000 members and 2,400 clubs nationwide, the German Chess Federation (DSB) is one of the biggest and most powerful chess associations in the world. But after years of infighting, alleged mismanagement, and controversy, this gran...
She is one of Iran's top chess players who made headlines around the world when she went into exile for refusing to wear a headscarf at the 2022 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships. Now, in the International Women's Day edition of Elle maga...
GM Hikaru Nakamura demonstrated his superiority in quicker time controls by defeating fellow-American GM Levon Aronian with a clean 2-0 score in the rapid chess tiebreak of the final to emerge as the winner of the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix first leg in...
Chess.com invites you to try out different ways to express your chess with our three newest features! We are rolling out more emoji with Quick Chat, Board Emoji, and Reactions. We designed these features to make your chess experience even more fun...
The 2021 FIDE World Cup began on Monday in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi (Russia) with 156 players in the open section and 78 players in the women's section. The Chilean grandmaster Pablo Salinas Herrera played the Game of the Day (and possibly the year...
GM Boris Gelfand won the 34th edition of the Leon Masters, held on Chess.com for the second year in a row due to the pandemic. Gelfand beat GM Leinier Dominguez in the blitz tiebreak of the final to win his second Leon title. How to watch?The ga...
An 88-year-old chess player from Venezuela recently received a very nice surprise: his FM title. He was informed that FIDE had acknowledged the title application based on results that he scored in the 1960s. It's a record that won't be easy to b...
GM Leinier Dominguez won the Leon Chess Festival's Masters tournament by beating GM Jaime Santos 2.5-1.5 in the final on Sunday. On Monday, Dominguez will give a 25-board simul on Chess.com. How to watch?The games of the Leon Masters can be...
Big tournaments such as the Dubai Open and the Reykjavik Open have been canceled due to the coronavirus. Upcoming top events like the FIDE Candidates Tournament and the Grenke Chess Classic seem safe—for now. The coronavirus pandemic is cl...
A Peruvian chess player was removed from the national Olympic team after she accused the team captain of sexual harassment, according to a report by the Spanish newspaper El País. It's a disturbing story that was published in the lar...
Wesley So retained his Leon Masters title after beating Paco Vallejo in the final. This was despite Friday, when the American was close to getting eliminated by India's new star Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. The 31st edition of the Torneo...
There's no stopping Sam Shankland, who scored his third tournament victory in a row yesterday at the American Continental Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay. Shankland scored 9/11, and won 10 more Elo points to reach a 2727 rating. He qual...
Despite bringing top players Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vishy Anand, the team of Baden-Baden scored only a narrow 4.5-3.5 victory against Solingen to clinch its 12th Bundesliga title in 13 years. The playoff between Baden-B...
Viswanathan Anand won the World Rapid Chess Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today. He defeated Vladimir Fedoseev 1.5-0.5 in a playoff. Ju Wenjun won the women's tournament. "I am so unbelievably happy. It was so unexpect...
Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. won the Sunway Sitges Festival's main tournament as the only player to score 7.5/9. It was also the tournament where IM Aman Hambleton scored his final GM norm, so that he can finally shave his beard. The Sunway Si...
An amateur chess player was expelled from a chess tournament in Benidorm, Spain after an electronic device similar to a TV remote control was found in his pants. The player, who was a participant of the B tournament for players with an Elo below...
In a tournament where Wesley So committed one of the most bizarre blunders of recent years, he ended up winning the Leon tournament by beating Viswanathan Anand in the final. So brought his sunglasses to Leon to beat Anand in the final. | P...
