GM Alexander Grischuk displayed his famed blitz credentials, this time combining them with Freestyle chess abilities, winning the Freestyle Friday on August 22. He started with an amazing eight victories in the first eight rounds to capture the so...
A powerful performance by GM Daniel Naroditsky in Saturday's Bullet Brawl saw the 29-year-old join GM Hikaru Nakamura as the only player to win 30 titles in Chess.com's weekly titled arena. In a field brimming with elite bullet chess exponents, ...
GM Fabiano Caruana continues to lead the 2025 Sinquefield Cup after, for the first time this year, a round of all draws. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda came closest to winning against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju, finding a brilliant line but missing th...
Reigning Women's World Champion GM Ju Wenjun defeated Women's number-one GM Hou Yifan with a combined score of 11.5-9.5 in the all-Chinese finals of the 2025 Women's Speed Chess Championship to claim the title for the second year in a row. Hou h...
Five-time Women's World Champion GM Ju Wenjun defeated IM Polina Shuvalova with a score of 17-5 in what turned out to be a one-sided semifinal of the 2025 Women's Speed Chess Championship. In the process, she beat her own WSCC record for the large...
GM Fabiano Caruana won a second game in a row, this time with Black against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, to take the sole lead of the 2025 Sinquefield Cup with 3/4. All other games were drawn, leaving GM Levon Aronian and GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu...
Chess will return to the global esports stage following the highly successful debut in 2025. The qualifying cycle for the 2026 Esports World Cup (EWC) will see major changes, making it bigger, better, and more competitive. The Champions Chess To...
Adult improvers, rejoice. More than 15 years since earning her first IM norm in 2010, and more than a decade after earning her third and final, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan played the "best tournament of my career" at the Budapest One Week in Hungary. She...
GM Fabiano Caruana won the only decisive game in round three of the 2025 Sinquefield Cup to knock GM Alireza Firouzja out of the lead. Caruana now leads with GM Levon Aronian, who survived miraculously and drew GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and GM Pr...
The Saint Louis Chess Club will reopen its doors in October following a major renovation and expansion, and feature a clash between none other than former World Champions Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand. The match is followed by a rapid event...
Women's number-one Hou Yifan is through to the final of the the 2025 Women's Speed Chess Championship after beating GM Kateryna Lagno 12.5-8.5. Hou powered into a three-point lead after the five-minute section, but then was caught as Lagno hit bac...
On August 19, for the second time in less than two years, GM Magnus Carlsen swept both Titled Tuesdays on a single day. Carlsen also won last week's late event, giving him three in a row overall. He won both of today's events outright, including a...
GM Alireza Firouzja has joined GMs Levon Aronian and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in leading the 2025 Sinquefield Cup after two rounds. He survived another difficult position, against GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and even managed to win the 100-move marath...
GMs Levon Aronian and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu started with wins in the 2025 Sinquefield Cup to take the early lead. Aronian beat GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov with the black pieces in our Game of the Day, while Praggnanandhaa won a surprisingly easy-...
IM Polina Shuvalova will take on Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun in the 2025 Women's Speed Chess Championship Semifinals after defeating IM Alice Lee 9-5. A topsy-turvy match was too close to call for the the first two sections, and midway throug...
The Collegiate Chess League (CCL) is back for another thrilling season, and registrations for Fall 2025 are officially open! Once again, the CCL will boast a $25,000 prize fund and the exciting four vs. four team format that fans and players love....
When 10-year-old Keya Jha beat a grandmaster in the final round of the Joe Yun Memorial, she not only clinched first place in the tournament, but also set a U.S. record for being the youngest American girl to defeat a grandmaster in a classical ga...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is one step closer to an unprecedented 50 Bullet Brawl titles after the speed chess titan won the event for the second week in a row and gained his 46th victory. Nakamura got off to a sensational 21.5/22 start in Saturday's ev...
Italian GM Luca Moroni has once again proven his proficiency in chess variants by defending his title in the 2025 Chess.com Spell Chess Championship on Friday. Moroni, who was the only GM to qualify for the knockout Final for the second year run...
Playing solid chess on the final day of blitz, GM Levon Aronian won the 2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz after securing first place with two rounds to go. A lackluster GM Fabiano Caruana said he "stopped being able to play chess" but still finis...
GM Vincent Keymer won the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 by a full two points after beating GM Ray Robson in the final round to add crossing the 2750 Elo mark to his achievements. GM Anish Giri was the surprise player to sneak into second pla...
Just days after stopping a Titled Tuesday sweep in its tracks, GM Magnus Carlsen won Freestyle Friday ahead of GM Hikaru Nakamura on August 15. It was the second straight Friday in which they finished in the top two, this time in the opposite orde...
The tug of war continues between GM Levon Aronian and GM Fabiano Caruana after day four in the 2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz. After an underwhelming first day of blitz, Caruana has sunk to second place and Aronian has taken his place in the l...
GM Vincent Keymer has won the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 and a prize of almost $30,000 with a round to spare after making a draw against GM Jorden van Foreest. All the other games were drawn as well, with GM Arjun Erigaisi held by GM Vidi...
GM-elect Divya Deshmukh dominated her first match in the Women's Speed Chess Championship and got off to a great start against GM Hou Yifan in her quarterfinal match on Wednesday. However, Hou fought back and the two played the closest WSCC match ...
