GM Magnus Carlsen's title defense is alive and well after the first day of play at the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship when the Norweigian favorite scored 4.5/5. Carlsen is joined by GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Yu Yangyi, Vidit Gujrathi, and Ivan...
Chess.com and Lichess will halt their relationships with St. Louis Chess Club and no longer provide support for or cover any of their tournaments in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct, The Wall Street Journal revealed on Wednesday. In ...
Imagine a sun-filled day with an over-the-board game in a picturesque park such as Columbus Park in New York City. It’s a scene we all enjoy watching. Would you be surprised to see tennis great Roger Federer on one side of the chessboard fac...
The US Chess Federation has published a list of members who have been sanctioned by the organization. A total of 27 members have been sanctioned for a shorter or longer time period. Minors are not named, but their sanction is listed. Amo...
TwitchCon Paris takes place on July 8 and 9, 2023, and chess will be well-represented as one of the internet's most popular games. Some of the biggest names in chess content creation will be present at the convention to meet their fans and...
GM Magnus Carlsen finished the second day at the World Rapid Championship in sole first place with 7.5/9, notably defeating two young up-and-coming GMs: Alireza Firouzja and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Carlsen is pursued by three GMs with 7/9: Nodirbek ...
GM Leinier Dominguez and GM Alireza Firouzja did not survive the FIDE World Cup's second-round tiebreaks as they lost to Uzbek GMs Jakhongir Vakhidov and Javokhir Sindarov, respectively. Two matches were decided in wild armageddon games. How t...
Six new variants, including four from the recent AlphaZero paper, are now available for all Chess.com members to try. They can be found at Chess.com/variants. The recent scientific paper from Google's DeepMind, co-written by 14th worl...
The beloved series Adopt-A-Danny returns with its fourth father-to-be, GM Ian Nepomniachtchithis Wednesday, May 27 at 11 a.m. Pacific time / 20:00 Central Europe on Chess.com/tv. The show's third guest, world number-ten GM Anish Giri, adopt...
The beloved series Adopt-A-Danny returns with its third father-to-be, GM Anish Giri this Monday, May 18 at 9 a.m. Pacific time / 18:00 Central Europe on Chess.com/tv. The show's second guest, world number-eight GM Wesley So, adopted Danny i...
A much-anticipated second edition of "Adopt-A-Danny" is set to kick-off on Sunday, April 26 at 9 a.m. Pacific time / 18:00 Central Europe on Chess.com/tv. The show's second guest, GM Wesley So, the world's eighth highest-rated pla...
The sixth edition of the Sunway Sitges chess festival is underway in Sitges, Spain. After just three rounds into the tournament, top seeds Vassily Ivanchuk and Parham Maghsoodloo are no longer on a perfect score. The festival takes place Dec. 13...
On Wednesday, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Danny Rensch teamed up for a special event to help raise awareness for adoption, contributing all donated proceeds to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. After a few close calls d...
After three rounds, Magnus Carlsen is the sole leader at the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. Today the world champion beat David Navara, who put up a great fight. Vishy Anand was lost, but won anyway against Shakhriyar Mam...
On Sunday, the number of leaders went from four to five at the 2019 U.S. championship. Sam Sevian defeated Varuzhan Akobian to join the group on plus one. Jennifer Yu dropped her first half-point but still leads the women's tournament. ...
With the final week of the 2019 PRO Chess League regular season complete, the playoff picture is set as 16 teams saw their season come to an end. Notable omissions include the Montreal Chessbrahs and the San Jose Hackers, as both teams did not per...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's GM Wesley So! The place is Johannesburg, and the occasion is the South African Junior Chess Championship (SAJCC). In the wake of social trends such as Fabiano Caruana's bucket challenge and Magnus Carlsen's ...
After a month dominated by the world championship, many chess stories remained on the periphery. This edition of "In Other News" tries to bring them back into the light. Skydiving chess Rex Sinquefield stars on HBO Caruana, the guy next door...
Hikaru Nakamura had Magnus Carlsen on the ropes today, but failed to deliver. The only winner in round six of the London Chess Classic was Ian Nepomniachtchi, who beat Michael Adams. Nakamura not winning his game was bad news for ...
This edition of "In Other News" features a double dose of Russian stories, another double dose of young chess players making waves, and one of the most incredible acts of hubris in chess. You'll also see an examination of whether or not the leader...
King Magnus III ruled the Isle of Man from 1099 to 1103. One millennium later, King Magnus IV is attempting to conquer the quaint island a second time. While Magnus Carlsen is not actual royalty (his name being preceded by "GM" rather than a dyn...
Magnus Carlsen still leads the Paris Grand Chess Tour but, with one day to go, Hikaru Nakamura is just one point behind. The American GM was the best blitz player on Saturday, scoring 7/9. Carlsen and Nakamura drew their mutual game to...
A robot playing chess without a DGT board, inmates playing online chess, and the passing of GM Viktor Kupreichik and IM Stefano Tatai. These are some of the topics of this month's other news update. Image courtesy Daily Mail. Prisoners Pl...
Former Correspondence Chess World Champion and the man behind the famous Melody Amber tournaments Joop van Oosterom died at the end of last year. This was confirmed to Chess.com by the Association Max Euwe in Monaco. In the year 2016 the ch...
Amidst a month of news dominated by the world championship only a few chess stories without a New York City setting slipped through the cracks in November. For whatever reason, U.K. media dominates this issue of "In Other News." Does anyone know o...
