The Charlotte Chess Center, the Charlotte Chess Center Foundation, along with GM Daniel Naroditsky's family, have launched the Naroditsky Memorial and Fellowship Fund today, to honor the memory and legacy of the grandmaster. Naroditsky's tragic ...
Three matches go to tiebreaks after four draws in game two of the Quarterfinals in the 2025 FIDE World Cup. One match did end, with GM Nodirbek Yakubboev advancing to the Semifinals after holding a draw against GM Alexander Donchenko, making good ...
The higher seeds dominated in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the Collegiate Chess League (CCL) Playoffs. SRM Institute of Science and Technology handled Texas Tech 11-5, while the University of Missouri, Columbia (Mizzou) moved past the ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura has booked his ticket for the Speed Chess Championship 2025 Semifinals in London after a nail-biting match against GM Wesley So that went down to the wire. Nakamura built up four and three-point leads, but So twice hit back with...
The Ukrainian Chess Federation has filed a last-minute complaint against the participation of "Team FIDE" in the FIDE Women's World Team Championship, which begins Tuesday in Linares, Spain. The tournament brings together 12 of the world's top w...
GM Nodirbek Yakubboev won the only decisive game in game one of the Quarterfinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup, against GM Alexander Donchenko. A draw away from reaching the Semifinals, the Uzbek number-three also joins the (unofficial) 2700-club wi...
GM Sam Shankland won a brilliant first game and ended the 2025 FIDE World Cup run of GM Daniil Dubov 2-0 in tiebreaks to reach the Quarterfinals. GM Andrey Esipenko also needed only two tiebreak games to overcome GM Alexey Grebnev, while GM Jose M...
GM Nihal Sarin secured his third Bullet Brawl title and the $400 first prize on Saturday after going unbeaten in his last seven games. Nihal scored two wins over GM Hikaru Nakamura, and defeated GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and IM Reza Mahdavi bef...
Second-seed GM Arjun Erigaisi is through to the Quarterfinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup after finding a beautiful finish to eliminate GM Levon Aronian. He'll play seventh-seed GM Wei Yi, who eventually punished an early mistake by GM Sam Sevian. ...
GM Magnus Carlsen overcame mid-match hiccups to overpower GM Fabiano Caruana with a 14.5-7.5 final score and reach the Semifinals of the Speed Chess Championship 2025. Starting as an overwhelming favorite, Carlsen was actively pursued by Caruana...
GMs Jose Martinez, Alireza Firouzja, and Alexey Sarana won the first three 3 0 Thursday events, which were held on November 13. It was the debut set of tournaments for the most popular time control on Chess.com for titled players. 3 0 Thursday fit...
GM Hans Niemann won Freestyle Friday with a round still to play on November 14, becoming the ninth multi-time winner of the event. Niemann raced out to a 6/6 start before facing his only setback, a seventh-round loss to GM Haik Martirosyan, t...
Capital One won the North American Corporate Chess League Season 12, its second title since the league's inception. IM Craig Hilby led the team on board one, along with Maury Ahram, Alex Cook, Marco Flores, and Haider Munir on the tiebreak board. ...
Nineteen-year-old GM Javokhir Sindarov's relentless pressure finally gave him a win over GM Frederik Svane as round five of the 2025 FIDE World Cup began. All the remaining games were drawn, with GM Levon Aronian surviving a fierce attack by GM Ar...
The Collegiate Chess League Fall 2025 Season Playoffs are upon us, and you can join in on the excitement by predicting who wins! Will SLU defend their championship title, or will Mizzou get their revenge? Will UT Dallas earn their first ch...
You've seen them crawling, and now it's time to see them running! The strongest PogChamps participants in history are gathering to take on new challengers in SuperPogChamps from December 2 to 5. Former chess novices from past PogChamps and strong ...
Second-seed GM Arjun Erigaisi is the only official top-10 player remaining in the 2025 FIDE World Cup after beating GM Peter Leko 2-0 in round-four tiebreaks. GM Daniil Dubov took down 2023 runner-up GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, while GM Andrey E...
The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will reach its conclusion in South Africa next month, and one key question is whether anyone can stop GM Magnus Carlsen from taking the title as the first-ever Freestyle Chess Champion. The fifth an...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) confirmed on Tuesday that they have formally filed a complaint against GM Vladimir Kramnik, the 14th world champion, referring him to the Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) for investigation into t...
GM Alexander Donchenko followed up his win over GM Anish Giri by knocking out German teammate GM Matthias Bluebaum to reach the Last 16 of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. He's joined by GMs Jose Martinez and Levon Aronian, who gave GMs Alexey Sarana and ...
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Eleven was the number of the day, with GM Magnus Carlsen winning the 11th Titled Tuesday of the current season on November 11 by scoring a perfect 11/11. In the last four rounds, he toppled a quartet of top rivals in GMs Hans Niemann, Alireza Firo...
Two-time World Cup winner GM Levon Aronian smoothly beat GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek as round four of the 2025 FIDE World Cup began in Goa. The day's only other winner was GM Jose Martinez, who followed a 2-0 victory over GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov with a...
GM Hikaru Nakamura has all but secured his place in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, after winning the 1st Annual Washington Dulles Open over the weekend—a five-round Swiss event that provided the final classical games he needed to meet ...
No team has had a better run in the Collegiate Chess League (CCL) this season than the University of Texas, Dallas. They've defeated both of last season's finalists, and raced out to a perfect 6-0 start. In contrast, Texas Tech University has had ...
