GM Ian Nepomniachtchi said reigning world champion GM Ding Liren would be a "massive favorite" in the upcoming title match against GM Gukesh Dommaraju if he can recover his 2019 form, while GM Fabiano Caruana thinks one good result can make a huge...
GM Velimir Ivic had the performance of a lifetime on day two of the Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024. After surviving elimination from Division I thanks to a mouse slip by his opponent, he defeated GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in armageddo...
GM Fabiano Caruana finished first in the Play-in stage of the Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic 2024. It's a resounding comeback for the world number-two who had a disappointing final round in the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament but showed gr...
GM Tuan Minh Le won the early edition of Titled Tuesday on May 7 with a score of 9.5/11, while the rest of Tuesday's highlights belonged to GM Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen first played a4/a5 on move one and Ra3/Ra6 on move two in all 11 games of the ea...
We're happy to announce the release of IM Jeremy Silman's classic The Amateur's Mind on Chessable. Replace the most common amateur strategic misconceptions with the decision-making process of the masters and start dominating your opponents! C...
GM Hikaru Nakamura secured his second straight Bullet Brawl and $400 after scoring 251 points ahead of GMs Jose Martinez and Daniel Naroditsky on Saturday. With this victory, Nakamura has taken his live Bullet Brawl earnings to just over $10,000 i...
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...
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...
GM Christopher Yoo, after finishing in second place late last week, earned his first ever Titled Tuesday victory in this week's early tournament. GM Alexey Sarana took home the late event, his first of 2024 and eighth total. They both scored 10 po...
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...
WCM Bodhana Sivanandan reached another milestone this weekend. She scored the best result of her career so far, achieving her first woman international master norm. The European Women's Championship concluded in Rhodes, Greece on Monday, ending ...
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IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva won clear first at the European Women's Championship on Monday. Fataliyeva was unstoppable throughout the event, finishing undefeated a full point ahead of the field. IM Nataliya Buksa finished second with the to...
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...
Most people struggle to stay awake for more than 18 hours. FM Joran Aulin-Jansson played 701 blitz games for 92 hours and 26 minutes straight. Last week Tunde Onakoya overcame intense vomiting, stomach pain, and extreme tiredness to break the Gu...
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...
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...
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...
CM Matfey Rogov prevailed in the Atomic Chess Championship of the Variants Community Series (VCS) on Thursday. In a sibling rivalry-fueled Final, he overcame his older brother, Timofey Rogov. Along the way, Matfey also defeated the top see...
Round 11 of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament featured three decisive games out of a possible four. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the longest game of the round with Black against GM Vidit Gujrathi, again taking the sole lead. A half-point behin...
