The International Chess Federation today confirmed what had been suggested earlier: GM Teimour Radjabov gets a direct place in the 2022 Candidates Tournament. FIDE's new qualification system does not include another wildcard and neither a qualifie...
GM Anish Giri had the best first day at the FTX Crypto Cup, the sixth leg of the Champions Chess Tour. The Dutch GM scored 4/5 on Sunday. World Champion Magnus Carlsen scored just 50 percent and said he had played "awful" chess. How to watch?The...
Over-the-board chess is slowly returning and now, finally, that is also the case for top female players. On Saturday, the fourth and final leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix starts in Gibraltar. How to watch? You can find, play through, and ...
For 24 years the record stood but since today, GM Etienne Bacrot is no longer France's youngest grandmaster ever. Five days after turning 14, Marc'Andria Maurizzi secured the GM title at the GM tournament in Chartres. The news has been dominated...
GM Levan Pantsulaia won the May 18 Titled Tuesday tournament with a score of 9.5/11. Five players finished on that score but Pantsulaia held the advantage on tiebreaks for his first-ever Titled Tuesday victory. GM Vladislav Artemiev (last week's w...
On Tuesday, GM Garry Kasparov interacted with fans via a Reddit AMA. The 13th world champion answered questions about his favorite topics such as A.I., Russian politics, and, of course, chess. A Reddit AMA ("Ask Me Anything") is an interactive Q...
Known for inviting everyone to savor life with those who matter most, Stella Artois is partnering with GM Hikaru Nakamura and Chess.com to bring the chess community together to once more make history! On June 1 starting at 2 p.m. Pacific/23:00 Cen...
Chess.com users can now take their endgame skills to the next level using our new Endgames feature. Visit Chess.com/Endgames to learn and master all of the endgames you'll need to know to become an endgame virtuoso! Get Better At Endgames Now! ...
Chess.com is excited to announce the upcoming CryptoChamps tournament powered by Coinbase, an event featuring star personalities from the world of cryptocurrencies. The event will happen on June 12 and 13, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific/19:00 CE...
Two weeks after clinching the Shenzhen Masters (online), GM Yu Yangyi won his third Chinese Championship title (over the board!). GM Ju Wenjun, who chose to play in the open section, was one of two players to beat the eventual champion. How to...
The simultaneous exhibitions on Chess.com with top Indian players to support COVID relief in India raised over $50,000. All proceeds go to RedCross India and the Checkmate COVID initiative of the All India Chess Federation (AICF). On Thursday, G...
GM Yu Yangyi won the Shenzhen Masters, held April 20-May 1, 2021 on Chess.com. The 26-year-old grandmaster from Huangshi finished ahead of GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, GM Richard Rapport, and GM Wei Yi. How to watch? You can find, play through, an...
GM Vladislav Artemiev won the May 11 Titled Tuesday tournament with a score of 10/11. Of seven players tied for second place entering the final round, three won to finish on 9.5/11. After tiebreaks, GM Daniil Dubov took second place, GM Levan Pant...
On Monday, IM Abhimanyu Mishra scored his second GM norm at the May 2021 First Saturday Tournament in Budapest, Hungary. The 12-year-old player from New Jersey is 29 Elo points and one GM norm away from becoming the youngest-ever grandmaster in hi...
GM Andrey Esipenko, the 19-year-old Russian who beat GM Magnus Carlsen at the 2021 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, continued to impress this week. At the Russian Team Championship, Esipenko scored 6.5/7 while playing for the winning team, Mednyi Vsad...
Tanitoluwa (Tani) Adewumi, a 10-year-old Nigerian refugee who won the New York State K-3 Championship at eight years old, reached a new milestone last week: he conquered the title of national master (NM). Adewumi did so on May 1 at the Fairfield...
The first Chess for Freedom program, aimed at the introduction of chess as a tool for education and social inclusion in prisons, takes place May 11, 2021. The project is co-organized by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Cook County...
GM Viswanathan Anand, as well as GMs Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Nihal Sarin, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, will be offering simultaneous exhibitions on Chess.com to support COVID relief in India on May 13 at 19:30 IST/7 a.m. PDT/16:00 CEST....
FIDE and Chess.com are excited to announce the 2021 Women's Speed Chess Championship, an online competition for top female chess players worldwide. The main event will happen from June 10 to July 3, preceded by eight qualifiers from May 28 to June...
How well would you do against a PogChamps winner? If that question ever crossed your mind, we have good news! You can now test your wits against each of the PogChampions, as well as other chess personalities on our Play Computer page. Play again...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the May 4 Titled Tuesday on tiebreaks, his third win in his last three attempts (while playing the New In Chess Classic on April 27 instead). GM Haik Martirosyan finished second and GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac third, all on 9.5/11...
After their first record-breaking event, BlockChamps, the star duo WFM Alexandra and Andrea Botez are back with another groundbreaking event: the Botez Bullet Invitational. Fan-favorite streamers and content creators will go head-to-head to compet...
GM Magnus Carlsen clinched the New in Chess Classic tournament after scoring 2-2 against GM Hikaru Nakamura on day two of the finals. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov bagged third place after winning two games against GM Levon Aronian. How to watch?T...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Hikaru Nakamura 3-1 in the New In Chess Classic on day one of the finals. GM Levon Aronian and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov scored 2-2 in their match for third place. How to watch?The games of the New in Chess Classi...
