In their first-ever classical encounter, 18-year-old GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov with the black pieces defeated GM Magnus Carlsen in round five of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. With his previous round's victory vs. GM Parham Maghsoodloo, Abdu...
The 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship match between GMs Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi will take place April 7-May 1, 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The news was announced on Thursday by the International Chess Federation. The match, which will...
GM Daniil Dubov became the first two-time Titled Tuesday winner of 2023 on January 17 and was followed by GM Hikaru Nakamura entering the winner's circle for the first time this year. Both scored 9.5/11, Dubov winning on tiebreaks over GM Denis La...
On Tuesday, GM Anish Giri overcame GM Magnus Carlsen in classical chess for the first time in over a decade in round four of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov displayed unstoppable precision to defeat GM Parham Maghsoo...
GM Fabiano Caruana scored the sole victory of round three vs. GM Jorden van Foreest at the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The young Dutch grandmaster threw the game into thrilling, swashbuckling waters out of the opening, but Caruana countered ...
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GMs Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri joined GMs Ding Liren and Nodirbek Abdusattorov on 1.5/2 after scoring victories over GMs Gukesh D and Vincent Keymer in the second round of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The world championship challenge...
The ongoing controversy involving 19-year-old GM Hans Niemann gained a peculiar twist on Tuesday. Niemann amended his lawsuit with an additional 13 pages, notably accusing world champion GM Magnus Carlsen of paying fellow Norwegian grandmaster, Ar...
World championship challenger GM Ding Liren and GM Nordirbek Abdusattorov scored the first victories of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament in round one. Defending champion GM Magnus Carlsen drew a combative game vs. GM Levon Aronian. In the Ch...
Puzzles are one of the first tools for improvement introduced to a chess player. Our first chess books are full with dazzling mating combinations to solve and worlds of tactical themes to explore. Our early jumps in ability are almost always due t...
The Pro Chess League (PCL) returns on February 1 with a $150,000 prize fund. Don't miss your favorite players like GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Hikaru Nakamura—both confirmed!—in action in this long-running team rapid event. The qualifier ...
GM Daniil Dubov and GM Dmitry Andreikin were the champions of Titled Tuesday on January 10, both of them taking sole first place with scores of 10/11. Andreikin's win came by a full point in the standings. Early Tournament (Dubov) Late Tourna...
Chess.com's Clock app just got updated on iOS and Android. With more functionality, tons of useful presets, and an overall better design, the most popular chess clock app in the world got even better. If you're on the go and have a chess s...
The 2023 Grand Chess Tour's format is identical to last year's, with two classical events and three rapid and blitz events. The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup will take place in November-December, likely due to the schedulin...
The Iranian international arbiter Shohreh Bayat was reprimanded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) for wearing pro-human rights clothing at the 2022 Fischer Random World Chess Championship in Reykjavik. While FIDE considered it "unprofes...
Team A of Webster University won clear first at the 2023 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship with a perfect score. As the champion, it also earned a coveted spot in the President's Cup with three other top teams. The battle for ...
The first Titled Tuesday tournaments of 2023 were won by GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Dmitrij Kollars on January 3. Duda won the first event of the year outright with a score of 10/11. Kollars followed with a 9.5/11 performance and won on tiebreaks....
On the website of the Swiss Chess Federation the news was published that GM Alexandra Kosteniuk plans to represent Switzerland for future chess events, a federation transfer that is likely to start on January 1, 2024. Kosteniuk herself hasn't conf...
Over 10,000 members chimed in with their votes this year, and Chess.com is happy to announce the winners of the 2022 Chess.com Awards! These awards are an opportunity to celebrate the fantastic year 2022 has been for chess. They are also a way for...
It's time to get your tactics on, as Puzzle Week returns for 2023, beginning on January 9. To celebrate, all of our 100 million-plus members will have unlimited access to Puzzle Battle and other puzzle features for the entire week: Monday...
IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Sara Khadem), who defied the Iranian dress code for women by refusing to wear a headscarf at the 2022 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships, will not be returning home after her last tournament of the year. With he...
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GM Magnus Carlsen earned the 2022 FIDE World Blitz Championship title on Friday with a score of 16/21, one point ahead of silver medalist GM Hikaru Nakamura and bronze medalist on tiebreak, GM Haik Martirosyan. Carlsen's victory, which was confi...
GM Hikaru Nakamura attained a commanding lead after scoring 10/12 on the first day of the 2022 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship on Thursday. He defeated eight grandmasters en route to his imperious score, conceding only four draws against GMs M...
