After another day of exciting chess, GM Fabiano Caruana, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, and GM Wesley So are sharing the lead at the Paris Rapid & Blitz tournament. One more day of rapid will follow and next will be two days of blitz. How to watch...
Georgia's GM Nana Dzagnidze beat U.S. GM Irina Krush on Friday in the round of 16 of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship. Krush managed to win the final regular bullet game on demand but then lost three bullet games in a row i...
The second event in the 2021 Grand Chess Tour started on Friday with the first day of rapid in the Paris Rapid & Blitz. After three rounds, there's a four-way tie among GMs Levon Aronian, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Wesley So, and Peter Svidler. GM Al...
The last Monday of June is approaching, and with it comes the next edition of Chess Played Quick. This time, Chess.com invites top chess streamers to pull out the big guns and give their best in a bullet speed run to snatch their share of the $12,...
Former women's world champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria defeated the Peruvian WGM Deysi Cori 16.5-6.5 in the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship's round of 16. Stefanova was the winner in all three time controls. The next ma...
FIDE and its partner World Chess announced on Thursday that the 2022 Grand Prix series will consist of three tournaments that will be held between February and April 2022. The top two finishers of the series will qualify for the 2022 Candidates To...
GM Harika Dronavalli eliminated GM Alexandra Kosteniuk from the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship on Wednesday. Kosteniuk started very strong, but Harika came back, leveled the score just in time, and then decided the match in the ti...
GM Kirill Shevchenko, the 18-year-old grandmaster from Ukraine, won Titled Tuesday on June 15 for his first-ever win in the event. His 10/11 score took the tournament outright. In second with 9.5/11 was GM Alexander Zubov on tiebreaks over th...
American chess organizer, international arbiter, and chess writer Carol Jarecki died on Sunday, June 13 at the age of 86 after losing a battle to cancer. An arbiter at world championship matches in New York in 1990 and 1995, Jarecki will be sorely...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the $90,000 first prize at the Superbet Chess Classic on Monday. The 36-year-old Azerbaijani GM finished a point ahead of the pack as he secured victory with an easy draw against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The standi...
CryptoChamps powered by Coinbase was a smashing success, bringing together some of the crypto community heavyweights for a weekend of chess battles. Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang defeated Surojit Chatterjee in the finals to win the event. On hi...
In a very close round of 16 match in the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship, reigning women's world blitz champion GM Kateryna Lagno defeated GM Valentina Gunina 11.5-10.5. The next match is on Wednesday, June 16, between GM Alexandra...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov used a now-infamous variation in the Grunfeld to force a draw with GM Anish Giri in round eight of the Superbet Chess Classic. Mamedyarov is half a point away from sole tournament victory. While three more games ended in...
The Main Event of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship started with a surprise as IM Bibisara Assaubayeva eliminated GM Humpy Koneru. The Kazakh number-three player beat the female world number-three 14.5-7.5. The live broadcast o...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won his third consecutive game and is suddenly a full point ahead of the pack with two rounds to go at the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest. The Azerbaijani grandmaster defeated GM Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces ...
Chess.com and The Charlotte Chess Center are proud to announce the Blitzcoin Invitational! In this new action-packed event, the best US Chess players 25 years old and under will compete for their share of one Bitcoin. The event will run from Oct...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and GM Alexander Grischuk moved to plus two and are sharing the lead at the Superbet Chess Classic with three rounds to go. Mamedyarov profited from tactical oversights by GM Levon Aronian while Grischuk outplayed GM Const...
Just like in 2017, GM Magnus Carlsen will be participating in the FIDE World Cup that starts July 12 in Sochi, Russia. The world champion won't be clashing with his challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who instead has chosen to focus on preparing for...
The top 50 of the Fighting Chess Index, introduced by Australian grandmaster and economist David Smerdon, has GM Vladimir Kramnik in first place. GM Teimour Radjabov, who was criticized this week for playing quick draws at the Superbet Chess Class...
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov caught the leaders GM Alexander Grischuk and GM Wesley So in the fifth round of the Superbet Chess Classic. Mamedyarov was the only winner of the day as he defeated GM Constantin Lupulescu with a wonderful combination. T...
GM Hikaru Nakamura returned to the top of Titled Tuesday on June 8, winning outright with a score of 10/11. Iranian GM Amin Tabatabaei took clear second with 9.5/11 ahead of nine players tied at 9/11. Of those, last week's winner GM Nodirbek Abdus...
The Superbet Chess Classic is wide open again after both tournament leaders GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac lost their games. Caruana was defeated by GM Wesley So, and Deac went down against GM Alexander Grischuk. The quick dra...
Tournament Arc returns for a second season, this time with a twist! Running July 16 to 18 and 22 to 25 starting at 5 p.m. Pacific Time/02:00 Central Europe, Youtubers from the Anime Community will face stars from the world of Fighting Games in a s...
The local players keep making a name for themselves at the Superbet Chess Classic. In the third round, it was GM Constantin Lupulescu who took the spotlight with a win against world number-six GM Anish Giri. Meanwhile, GM Teimour Radjabov surpri...
