Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen will be gunning for an elusive first World Cup crown next month as a host of big stars miss FIDE's flagship $2.5 million event, it was confirmed on Monday. One of Carlsen's rivals will be streaming star and ...
IM Anna Zatonskih clinched the Cairns Cup 2023 with a day to spare on Sunday. She defeated GM Zhansaya Abdumalik in the penultimate round to reach an undefeated plus four―1.5 points ahead of the field. With this victory, Zatonskih secured her...
In a day of intense fighting games, contenders for the throne appeared on the horizon to challenge the leader IM Anna Zatonskih by lessening her lead to half a point after the seventh round of the Cairns Cup 2023. As Zatonskih stayed on 4.5 points...
IM Anna Zatonskih stretched her lead to a full point at the Cairns Cup 2023, defeating IM Gunay Mammadzada in round six. The American underdog has performed so well that she has chances to earn a GM norm, depending on her last two games. Curiously...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won on demand with the white pieces against GM Fabiano Caruana on the last day of Norway Chess 2023, ousting the tournament leader and winning the prestigious title for the first time. This is also the first time in the last fiv...
No, it's not a joke. Netflix is actually releasing a new game based on the hit series The Queen's Gambit where you can take on the one and only Beth Harmon. It's apparently a game about the game of... chess. “We’re making a game that...
GM Fabiano Caruana increased his lead to 2.5 points after outwitting GM Wesley So through the armageddon tiebreaker to move on to 16 points with just one round to go at Norway Chess 2023. In the crucial final round on Friday, he will face another ...
Ukrainian grandmaster Vadim Malakhatko, two-time Kyiv champion, winner of Olympic bronze and world championship gold medals, open tournament warrior, and passionate organizer of chess tournaments in Ukraine, suddenly died on Monday of a heart atta...
In a shocking turn of events, defending champion GM Humpy Koneru withdrew from the Cairns Cup 2023 after round four, greatly affecting the standings for GMs Alexandra Kosteniuk and Nana Dzagnidze―two of the players who were previously chasing afte...
The 2023 Junior Speed Chess Championship is about to kick off. Eight talented young players, including names like GMs Gukesh D, Denis Lazavik, and Christopher Yoo, will seek to claim victory. If you can accurately predict who beats who, you...
Nine-year-old FM Faustino Oro has been dubbed the "Messi of Chess" by Argentinian media as he made history as the youngest player to ever break the 2300 rating barrier. In March, the 2013-born Argentinian became the youngest player to ever break...
After the young GM Pranesh M won the early Titled Tuesday on June 6, a more familiar face won the late tournament despite playing in Norway Chess earlier in the day: GM Hikaru Nakamura. It was actually Nakamura's first win in the event since April...
After seven rounds, the top three spots are taken by three American grandmasters at Norway Chess 2023. GM Fabiano Caruana continues to lead by 2 points despite losing on time in armageddon against GM Gukesh D with a winning position on the board. ...
IM Anna Zatonskih outplayed joint overnight leader GM Alexandra Kosteniuk with admirable strategic play from the black side of a French Defense to jump into the sole lead with three points after the fourth round of the Cairns Cup 2023 on Tuesday. ...
Chess.com’s $2 million Champions Chess Tour, the game’s elite online event, can reveal its next tournament: the 2023 Aimchess Rapid. Running from July 10 to 14, the Aimchess Rapid is named after the unique chess learning and analy...
GM Irina Krush scored another victory and caught the leader, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, in round three of the Cairns Cup 2023 on Monday. The eight-time U.S. women's champion perceptively squeezed the full point out of a bishop ending vs. GM Nana Dzag...
There were nine games in round six of Norway Chess 2023, and GM Fabiano Caruana was the only player to win a classical one. With the black pieces, he won for the first time in classical chess against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, extending his tournam...
The second round of the Cairns Cup 2023 again saw four out of five games finish decisively, with GM Alexandra Kosteniuk's victory over GM Harika Dronavalli the most notable as she pushed herself out to a 2/2 start. GM Nana Dzagnidze as...
Round five of Norway Chess 2023 was a dramatic turning point as GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with Black beat GM Fabiano Caruana in the classical portion. With a win over GM Aryan Tari, GM Hikaru Nakamura regained the world number-two spot for the firs...
Chess.com and the nonprofit Lide Haiti raised $42,794 to empower at-risk adolescent girls in Haiti (including via chess programs) during a star-studded live event featuring Rainn Wilson on Friday. The June 2 event—hosted by IM Danny Rensch...
A heavily decisive round one with four victories out of five games commenced the Cairns Cup 2023 on Saturday. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk scored her first-ever classical victory vs. GM Humpy Koneru, the second-highest-rated woman in the world. GM ...
GM Fabiano Caruana continues to surge in Norway Chess 2023 and in the world rankings after with Black defeating GM Alireza Firouzja in the classical game. He leads the tournament by four points (!) with 10.5/12 and overtakes Firouzja as number two...
Pavel Kirs, the organizer of one of the biggest open tournaments in the Czech Republic, was forced to make a U-turn after facing heavy criticism and intervention by FIDE as he initially refused to accept registrations from Ukrainian adults. In a...
After winning his second classical game, against GM Aryan Tari, GM Fabiano Caruana extends his lead in Norway Chess 2023 to a point and a half above the field with 7.5/9. Besides the aforementioned game, Thursday was a good day to play the ...
