Get ready to do some damage. Learn how to go straight for your opponent's throat from move one with GM Jan Gustafsson's new Aggressive 1.e4 Repertoire Part I on Chessable! Click the button below to try out the Short & Sweet free version o...
The king of Bullet Brawl, GM Hikaru Nakamura, has claimed his 19th title and $400 after a dominant performance during the latest edition, finishing 59 points ahead of the second- and third-placed players, GMs Oleksandr Bortnyk and Arjun Erigaisi, ...
GM Hou Yifan is the first player to win two WSCC titles. After defeating GM Harika Dronavalli in the Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship 2023 Final 15-11, the Chinese grandmaster is a two-time champion. "Ever since her first victory, sh...
GM Hikaru Nakamura finished first in Saturday's $1,000 Bullet Brawl after GM Daniel Naroditsky fell agonizingly short of wresting the title from his rival's grasp. A single point was all that split the all-time leaders after two hours of play, and...
"This is the sort of thing that happens when you play Sicilians in every game," said GM Magnus Carlsen after four fighting Sicilians left his 2023 AI Cup Winners Final against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave level at 2-2. The world number-one clinched t...
Day eight of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 featured two combative matchups that came down to photo finishes. In a match of almost all decisive games, GM Levon Aronian defeated fellow icon, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, leading the Triveni ...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda leads the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2023 heading into the final nine rounds of blitz after a strong showing on the fourth day when he scored 5/9 and moved to 17.5 points. GM Magnus Carlsen is hot on the heels o...
Chess.com is happy to announce that we've released 50 lessons on the most popular chess openings. Developed by our team of master players, these lessons will teach you everything you need to know to take your opening play to the next level. Many...
GM Magnus Carlsen won a lovely game in the second round of the European Club Cup in Austria, sacrificing two pawns in the endgame in return for a strong attack. He won't play in Wednesday's third round, but GM Viswanathan Anand will be back at the...
GM Ivan Sokolov, a former top player himself, was the coach of the gold-winning Uzbek team at the Olympiad in Chennai, India. In an interview with Chess.com, the Dutch-Bosnian grandmaster reveals what it's like to work with prodigies who have taug...
The 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship continued on Thursday with the one of the event's most anticipated clashes, IM Eric Rosen vs. Levy Rozman. The two world-class content creators met in the quarterfinals for a rematch of last year's sho...
He was close to a defeat this time but GM Magnus Carlsen turned his game with GM Sergey Karjakin around, won his fourth in a row, and became the new leader at Norway Chess with one round to go. GM Alireza Firouzja defeated GM Aryan Tari to enter t...
GM Sergey Karjakin wasn't happy with his play in the opening but, using a long-term exchange sacrifice, eventually defeated GM Magnus Carlsen for the first time in five years in a classical game. In doing so, the Russian GM leapfrogged his opponen...
The second day of PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase was yet another memorable episode in the history of PogChamps. The first few matches ended with the expected easy wins for the much higher-rated Fundy and boxbox, who defeated Tectone and Justa...
GM Vladislav Artemiev leads the preliminary stage of the Aimchess U.S. Rapid after two days. The 23-year-old Russian grandmaster scored 7.5/10, half a point more than GM Magnus Carlsen, who is back in the field for this final leg of the Champions ...
Former women's world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria defeated the Peruvian WGM Deysi Cori 16.5-6.5 in the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship's round of 16. Stefanova was the winner in all three time controls. The next ma...
The last day of the group stage of PogChamps 3 presented by GRIP6 saw exciting matches happening back to back. Tubbo and MrBeast won their first matches against Michelle Khare and CodeMiko, respectively. Ludwig finally got his revenge on MoistCr...
The third day of PogChamps 3 was full of exciting and decisive matches with all winners going 2-0. MoistCr1tikal set the tone for the day with two quick victories over CodeMiko. Ludwig broke through MrBeast's strong play to win their $10...
GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Wesley So won their first quarterfinal matches in the Opera Euro Rapid tournament. GM Teimour Radjabov and GM Anish Giri tied 2-2 after the Dutchman won game four on demand. How to watch?The g...
GM Nils Grandelius is having a dream debut in the Masters group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The Swedish grandmaster is the only player on 2/2. There's a group of three players right behind him with 1.5 points, including GM&n...
Chess fans can enjoy another clash between GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen on Thursday in the semifinals of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge as the world champion cruised to a second match victory vs. GM...
IM Alina Kashlinksaya will be facing IM John Bartholomew in the IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship final. Bartholomew defeated IM Greg Shahade 15.5-6.5 in a much-anticipated match that saw great banter before and after the games. The...
GM Magnus Carlsen won the Magnus Carlsen Invitational on Sunday. The Norwegian grandmaster clinched the $70,000 first prize after beating GM Hikaru Nakamura in the final of this very strong online tournament held April 18-May 3. The event was an...
The 2020 PRO Chess League is back, ending a 247-day drought since the end of last season. With the new improvements to the league format, fans watched the most competitive week in PRO Chess League history. The stronger competition brought debuts f...
It's been a long off-season for PRO Chess League fans. Since the Saint Louis Arch Bishops secured their second league title 244 days ago in San Francisco, the league has brought on new improvements to achieve a more competitive season. Just 48 day...
