GM Alexey Sarana won the inaugural Olympic Esports Series 2023 Finals chess event after defeating GM Maksim Chigaev with a perfect 3-0 score in the final match. This is one of the first major victories for Sarana since he changed federations from ...
The Balan Alaskan Knights leaped back out of last place with a victory over the previously leading SG Alpine Warriors in a close battle on day five of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023. The Knights' gained the match win despite victories ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura made it four wins from four starts in the sixth edition of Bullet Brawl on Saturday, claiming the $400 prize after scoring 59 wins, five draws, and nine losses en route to a winning score of 210 points. Moreso than usual, Naka...
GM Praggnanandhaa R. was the hero on the fourth day of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 after scoring a win with black over UpGrad Mumba Masters' GM Javokhir Sindarov, securing victory for the SG Alpine Warriors and pushing them into the...
Chinese GM Wei Yi remains the MVP of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 after scoring a third win in four games. It took his team Traveni Continental Kings up to second place, but five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand's Ganges Gr...
Russian chess has suffered another blow as their former national team coach GM Alexander Motylev has switched federations and joined Romania. The former national and European champion joins a growing list of Russian grandmasters who no longer repr...
Once again, the Kansas City Chiefs secured a victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. This time, the win was on the chessboard, not the field. In a dramatic final, between Bengal's cornerback Chidobe Awuzie and Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill, t...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen beat fellow former World Champion Viswanathan Anand on day two of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 in Dubai, but it was Anand's Ganges Grandmasters who won the match and boast the only perfect score. ...
Former World Champions Vishy Anand and Hou Yifan both scored big wins as their team, the Ganges Grandmasters, cruised to victory on day one of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 in Dubai. GM Alexander Grischuk was the day's o...
Chess.com is excited to announce that our previously monthly Bullet Brawl is now happening every week! Starting in July, our bullet arena for titled players is going weekly, with a $1,000 prize fund for each event. Every Saturday beginning at...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won the B-Cup 2 presented by Chess.com, hosted at Espot Paris on June 17. In the final, she scored a perfect 3-0 to defeat GM Pavel Tregubov. GM Laurent Fressinet and IM Wojtek Sochacki were semifinalists. GM Etienne...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and GM Dmitrij Kollars of Germany were the winners of Titled Tuesday on June 20. GM Gata Kamsky, who won one of last week's events, nearly pulled it off again in the early tournament, finishing second behind Vac...
Who would have seen this coming before 2020, The Queen’s Gambit, and the rise of chess as an esport? Chess.com, the world’s leading chess platform, has been named in TIME’s prestigious 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023 ...
In a final loaded with stunning tactical play and amazing counterstrikes, GM Gukesh D. defeated GM Raunak Sadhwani by a seven-point margin to become the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Champion. Currently ranked number 13 in the world, Gukesh earned $21...
GM Raunak Sadhwani convincingly defeated GM Denis Lazavik to attain the second spot in the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship Final. The match was a one-sided affair in the first two segments, and despite an early scare in the bullet, Raunak reg...
Chess.com is excited to announce the relaunch of our College Ambassador Program! This program is designed to empower college students to grow the game of chess across their campus while also receiving perks for their college chess club. Ch...
FM Alice Lee earned the international master title at age 13 and reset the record as the youngest American-born female to do so. Lee gained her third IM norm at the 2023 Canadian Transnational Chess Championship, facing eight grandmasters and on...
GM Gukesh D secured his spot in the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship Final by winning his semifinal match against GM Pranav V 16.5-10.5. After an unexpectedly strong start by Pranav, where he started the 5+1 portion with a 3-point lead, Guke...
On the second day of Quarterfinals in the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship, GM Raunak Sadhwani dispatched IM Read Samadov and GM Denis Lazavik eliminated GM Daniel Dardha. The victory of the two favorites was never in question during their mat...
Chess.com's all-star hunt for the best chess player in the NFL is back for a second edition featuring eight of your favorite footballers. BlitzChamps II kicks off on June 23 with $100,000 at stake for charity and the all-important bragging rights ...
The June 13 edition of Titled Tuesday was won by GMs Gata Kamsky in the early event and Jan-Krzysztof Duda late. The 49-year-old Kamsky, who challenged for the FIDE World Championship in 1996, won outright with 9.5 points ahead of a nine-way tie f...
The Quarterfinals of the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship kicked off on Tuesday with wins by GM Gukesh D over IM Emin Ohanyan and GM Pranav V against GM Christopher Yoo. Gukesh and Pranav will throw down in an all-Indian semifinal match o...
The last round of the Cairns Cup 2023 featured an epic matchup between IM Anna Zatonskih and her longtime U.S. Women's Championship rival GM Irina Krush. Further cementing her tournament victory, Zatonskih held off Krush's pressure in th...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, and Eduardo Iturrizaga each secured qualifying spots for the 2023 Champions Chess Tour's fourth leg, the Aimchess Rapid, on Monday after progressing through a challenging Swiss event before winning the...
