GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won his second Russian Championship title, exactly 10 years after his first. A quick draw in the final round proved enough after co-leader GM Sergey Karjakin was beaten by GM Daniil Dubov in brilliant style. GM Aleksandr...
GM Hikaru Nakamura can easily be called the Big Winner of 2020. Three days after clinching the Speed Chess Championship, he also won another Titled Tuesday, his third in eight weeks. This week's December Titled Tuesday tournament had a...
After being postponed a year because of the pandemic, the 2020 Chess Olympiad has now been canceled. The next Olympiad will be held in 2022 in Moscow, and two years later Budapest will be the host city. The 2020 Olympiad was supposed t...
The fourth round of the U.S. Championship Online Qualifier kept viewers at the edge of their seats, as GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Andrew Tang emerged victorious in their action-packed games against GMs Timur Gareyev and Els...
If the pandemic situation permits, the Isle of Man will be the center of the chess world again in the autumn of 2021. There will be another FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, now also with a women's tournament, between Oct. 25 and Nov. 8, 2021. The two...
Chess.com is hosting the Bullet Open Championship, a two-day tournament on December 19-20 with the winner clinching a spot in next year's Bullet Chess Championship. With a $10,000 prize fund on the line, this event will feature a 1|...
An exciting third round of the U.S. Championship Online Qualifier featured four decisive games, all ending in favor of the players playing white. GM Daniel Naroditsky lost his game in a tough endgame to IM Christopher Yoo, who has t...
The action ramped up in round two of the U.S. Championship Online Qualifier, with the excitement starting on the second move in some games. GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Robert Hess did not disappoint their fans, as the famous chess players produced a...
On Saturday GM Hikaru Nakamura won the 2020 Speed Chess Championship final presented by OnJuno. The American grandmaster decided matters in the bullet segment as he defeated GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 18.5-12.5 to win his third ...
The first round of the U.S. Championship Online Qualifier kicked off on Friday with GMs Dariusz Swiercz, Andrew Tang, Elshan Moradiabadi, Aleksandr Lenderman, Timur Gareyev, Daniel Naroditsky, Robert Hess, and IM Christopher Yoo playing ...
The stage is set for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Final presented by OnJuno. GM Hikaru Nakamura will be facing GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on Saturday, December 12 at 9 a.m. Pacific, 18:00 Central Europe. On Friday, Vachier-Lag...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defied the odds as he defeated GM Magnus Carlsen to reach Saturday's 2020 Speed Chess Championship final presented by OnJuno. MVL scored 13-11 and will face GM Hikaru Nakamura in the final. Ho...
GM Sergey Karjakin and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi are tied for first place after six rounds at the Russian Championship Superfinal that is underway in Moscow. IM Polina Shuvalova, who started with 6/6 in the women's section, is the surprise of the even...
The U.S. Championship Online Qualifier will kick off on December 11 with thousands of dollars and a spot at the 2021 U.S. Chess Championship on the line. Chess.com is proud to host this event that brings the quality and excitement of U.S. Chess to...
The 83rd Tata Steel Chess tournament will have GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Fabiano Caruana once again. The top two players in the world are the favorites in a young field of participants that includes five players from the world's top 10. Carlsen w...
On his 33rd birthday, GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated Wesley So 13.5-12.5, thereby qualifying for Saturday's final of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship presented by Onjuno. GM Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play on ...
Palo Alto, Calif., December 9, 2020—Chess.com is pleased to announce a partnership with OnJuno, a Sequoia-backed neo banking platform. This partnership combines OnJuno's expertise in checking account management with Chess.com's world-renowne...
On Wednesday GM Richard Rapport won the 11th Danzhou Tournament. The Hungarian grandmaster was the only player to remain undefeated and finished half a point ahead of GM Ding Liren. Rapport won 80,000 RMB ($12,249 or 10,103 euros) with...
On Wednesday the first semifinal of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship will be played between GM Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. GM Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play on Friday, and the big final will take place on Saturday. ...
The 83rd edition of the Tata Steel Chess tournament has finally been confirmed. Due to restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, only the 14 grandmasters in the Masters group will play. The field hasn't been announced yet. The Tata Steel...
Iran's chess federation avoided a direct risk of suspension from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) at Sunday's General Assembly. The FIDE delegates instead supported a motion from FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich that warned Iran while cho...
GM Ding Liren leads the 11th Danzhou tournament, the annual Chinese event that is held on the Chess.com server this year due to the pandemic. GM Hou Yifan came first in the women's tournament that has already finished. The 11th edition of t...
GM Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru) defeated GM Vladimir Fedoseev (@Bigfish1995) 21.5-5.5 in Thursday's last quarterfinal of the Speed Chess Championship. Nakamura, who started the match with an incredible 9-0, will now face GM Wesley So (@GMWSO) in the ...
GM Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) defeated GM Vladislav Artemiev (@Sibelephant) 13.5-9.5 in Thursday's quarterfinal of the Speed Chess Championship. Carlsen will now face GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (@Lyonbeast) in the semifinals. How to watch?...
