The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has made a call for bids for the 2024 World Championship match with budget figures that have stirred a debate in the chess community. A few weeks after the conclusion of the Candidates Tournament, ...
He was in fourth place, trailing three leaders by half a point, but GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov ended up winning the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament as the player with the strongest nerves in a thrilling blitz tiebreak with GM Arjun Erigaisi and G...
GM Levon Aronian recently wrote, “the FIDE Circuit is kind of a joke,” with GM Anish Giri replying to describe it as “completely broken.” 2023 FIDE Circuit Winner GM Fabiano Caruana, described the system, which will determi...
Banter Blitz—the much-loved series that sadly disappeared when Chess.com took over Chess24. Or did it? Chess.com is delighted to announce the return of Chess24’s flagship show which featured a ton of timeless moments where fans got t...
With one round to go, GM Anton Korobov is back in the shared lead of the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament thanks to a win against GM Nils Grandelius, while leaders GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Peter Svidler drew their game. GM Vincent Keymer would h...
It's been four months in the making, but Vaishali Rameshbabu is officially a grandmaster, now that FIDE has approved the latest batch of title applications. She joins her brother GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu to establish the first brother-sister G...
GM Peter Svidler defeated co-leader GM Anton Korobov in round five of the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament and now shares the lead with GM Arjun Erigaisi, who drew his game with GM Vincent Keymer. GMs Ju Wenjun and Nodirbek Abdusattorov wer...
Chess.com is happy to announce the new Dashboard view on our Events page. You can now find all the information you need on the same page, making navigation much easier and more intuitive. This new view mirrors the old Chess24 interface, a success ...
GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Ju Wenjun both scored their first wins on Tuesday at the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament. While Abdusattorov outplayed GM Nils Grandelius both on the board and the clock, the women's world champion defeated GM Vinc...
In March, Russia added GM Garry Kasparov to its list of "terrorists and extremists." Last week, they went one step further to "arrest" the chess legend in absentia for "terrorist activities." A city court in Syktyvkar, the largest city in Russia...
Chess.com is proud to announce our partnership with the Charlotte Chess Center! Founded in 2014, one of the most influential centers in the US is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. We are ecstatic to work with an incredible over-the-board organi...
GM Magnus Carlsen says he fears that reigning World Champion Ding Liren could be 'permanently broken' and fail to recover after his world championship victory. At the same time he praised the 17-year-old Candidates Tournament winner GM Gukesh Domm...
GM Anton Korobov and GM Vincent Keymer are still on perfect scores after two rounds at the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament, and the two leaders will play each other on Monday. While Keymer defeated GM Nils Grandelius, Korobov was too strong for...
GM Hikaru Nakamura triumphantly returned to the Bullet Brawl arena on Saturday, scoring 74.5/76 en route to a resounding victory ahead of 150 titled players. Boasting a score of 288, Nakamura finished with a 14-point buffer separating him from GM ...
GM Anton Korobov won a topsy-turvy game to score an upset victory against world number-four GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the opening round of the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament. The 29th edition started today in Malmo, Sweden. In the sa...
In the first of a planned series of reports on Titled Tuesday, Chess.com's Fair Play team said it's unlikely that large-scale cheating is happening in the popular prize events. Chess.com's anti-cheat detection system has faced scrutiny from some...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju arrived back in Chennai at 3 a.m. on Thursday morning and was instantly mobbed by camera crews, well-wishers, and 80 schoolchildren who had turned up to welcome back one of their own. The winner of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tour...
The first Titled Tuesday sweep of 2024 belongs to GM Hikaru Nakamura, who won both tournaments on April 23. It is the 11th time someone has accomplished the feat, and Nakamura's sixth, but his first since February 14, 2023. The last time anyone sw...
A decades-long unbeaten run, believed to be one of the longest in sporting history, has ended after a team of amateur chess players toppled a club dubbed the "Manchester City of chess." Hammersmith Chess Club in west London beat the invincible k...
Seventeen-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess championship challenger after finishing half a point ahead of GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Fabiano Caruana. He’ll now play GM Ding Liren for the ...
After 14 rounds and over three weeks of play, 17-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has won the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament and is the youngest player in history to win a Candidates Tournament. He will play GM Ding Liren for the world champions...
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...
Intense vomiting, stomach pain, and extreme tiredness. That's just some of what Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya had to suffer through to break the Guinness World Record for the longest ever chess marathon. All for a noble cause. At the iconi...
NOTE: This event was renamed the Chess.com Classic. To understand why we made this decision, please read Chief Chess Officer Danny Rensch's blog post here. Chess.com is excited to announce the 2024 Chess.com Classic—the second leg of thi...
We have three co-leaders at the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament with two rounds to go: GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, GM Hikaru Nakamura, and GM Gukesh Dommaraju. Nakamura scored the hat trick against GM Alireza Firouzja, and Gukesh defeated GM Nija...
