GM Hikaru Nakamura secured $400 and his 17th Bullet Brawl title after putting on a tactical exhibition during Saturday's arena, adding to his Titled Tuesday win earlier in the week. Scoring 67.5/73, Nakamura accrued 246 points and was able to outl...
Against GM Dmitry Andreikin, GM Alireza Firouzja won the closest Round of 16 match in the season so far in the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. The final score was just a one-point difference, 13.5-12.5. Although Fi...
Chess.com is excited to announce that GM Anish Giri's Lifetime Repertoire for 1.e4 is now fully available on Chessable. This three-part course is another masterpiece by the renowned Dutch number-one that teaches everything you need to know to play...
The last round of the Cairns Cup 2023 featured an epic matchup between IM Anna Zatonskih and her longtime U.S. Women's Championship rival GM Irina Krush. Further cementing her tournament victory, Zatonskih held off Krush's pressure in th...
IM Anna Zatonskih clinched the Cairns Cup 2023 with a day to spare on Sunday. She defeated GM Zhansaya Abdumalik in the penultimate round to reach an undefeated plus four―1.5 points ahead of the field. With this victory, Zatonskih secured her...
In a day of intense fighting games, contenders for the throne appeared on the horizon to challenge the leader IM Anna Zatonskih by lessening her lead to half a point after the seventh round of the Cairns Cup 2023. As Zatonskih stayed on 4.5 points...
IM Anna Zatonskih stretched her lead to a full point at the Cairns Cup 2023, defeating IM Gunay Mammadzada in round six. The American underdog has performed so well that she has chances to earn a GM norm, depending on her last two games. Curiously...
In a shocking turn of events, defending champion GM Humpy Koneru withdrew from the Cairns Cup 2023 after round four, greatly affecting the standings for GMs Alexandra Kosteniuk and Nana Dzagnidze―two of the players who were previously chasing afte...
IM Anna Zatonskih outplayed joint overnight leader GM Alexandra Kosteniuk with admirable strategic play from the black side of a French Defense to jump into the sole lead with three points after the fourth round of the Cairns Cup 2023 on Tuesday. ...
GM Irina Krush scored another victory and caught the leader, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, in round three of the Cairns Cup 2023 on Monday. The eight-time U.S. women's champion perceptively squeezed the full point out of a bishop ending vs. GM Nana Dzag...
Chess.com hosted the Women's Month Celebration | Invitational Blitz Tournament on Wednesday. The event started with a Q&A with the strongest woman chess player in history, the legendary GM Judit Polgar. The interview was followed by a blitz to...
After each having won their first game in the Winners' Brackets, GMs Fabiano Caruana and Irina Krush secured the victories in their matches respectively against GM Lenier Dominguez and FM Alice Lee. Meanwhile, in the Elimination Brackets, GM Lev...
World Champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi started their FIDE World Championship match on Friday in Dubai with a draw. Nepomniachtchi had a slight opening advantage but got under some pressure soon after, and then impressed...
The 73rd Emmy Awards is over, and The Queen's Gambit once more blew chess fans away by winning 11 awards. The show, which even got the trophy for the coveted "Best Limited Series" award, once more put chess under the spotlight. As the ceremony u...
Stalemates, drama, and memes marked the finals of PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase. It couldn't have been any more amazing with some of the greatest content creators and chess commentators on Earth coming together to enjoy chess. Two tiebreaks ...
The final day of PogChamps 4 quarterfinals presented by Coinbase excited the audience and the spectators on Saturday, as the pairs were decided for Sunday's main events. Rubius earned the win 1.5-0.5 against JakenbakeLIVE and goes on to the cons...
The second day of PogChamps 4 quarterfinals presented by Coinbase was once again filled with drama and unbelievable twists that kept spectators perplexed and amazed. Rubius defeated NickEh30 and is now closer to winning the consolation bracket f...
The playoffs began today in PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase. The action began with jakenbakeLIVE beating JustaMinx 2-0 in the consolation bracket. Then MrBeast gave Harry Mack a draw to start the second consolation quarterfinal of the day, ...
Another exciting day of PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase kept viewers glued to their seats as the most unpredictable matches yet happened. Sapnap defeated a partying JustaMinx with ease while she was distracted partying. The three other matches...
It was another day of sweeps in PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase, with all three matches going 2-0. 5uppp defeated JakenbakeLIVE after Botez Gambits on each side. QTcinderella, taking down Tectone despite blunders, won confidently in both games...
Chess.com and the Botez sisters are excited to announce BlockBattles, the second edition of the highly successful BlockChamps event! On August 8 at 11 a.m. PT/20:00 CEST, the best Minecraft and Variety streamers in the world will gather to compete...
The final of PogChamps 3 presented by GRIP6 brought all the excitement—and many charities—with viewers blowing past the original $50,000 goal. Chess.com decided to double its match, which brought the total for charity to over $150...
Wild semifinals marked one of the last days of PogChamps 3 presented by GRIP6. Emerging victorious from the highly anticipated match against Benjyfishy, Rainn Wilson advanced to the championship bracket finals. Neeko narrowly escaped defeat and ...
Another exhilarrating day of chess happened as PogChamps 3 presented by GRIP6 entered its first day of the semifinals. Sardoche won a close match against PogChamps veteran Ludwig, and Michelle Khare stole the show after winning two matches to ad...
In a short, one-match day of PogChamps 3 quarterfinals action, Tubbo defeated CodeMiko in the consolation bracket. He will play Neeko in the consolation bracket semifinal. PogChamps 3 consolation bracket. Make sure to tune into...
