This December, streamers will show their speed in the first-ever Chess.com Bot Battles. Featuring Chess.com's new bot personalities, players of all skill levels will have their chance to beat Danny-Bot, Hikaru-Bot, and others for up to $5,000 in c...
GM Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru) defeated GM Haik Martirosyan (@Micki-taryan) 21-5 in their match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The next match is Caruana-Duda on Sunday, November 15, at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 Cen...
GM Levon Aronian (@LevonAronian) defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (@lachesisQ) 14-11 in the fifth match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The next match is Nakamura-Martirosyan on Thursday, November 12, at 9 a.m. P...
Another match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event is on the menu for today: GM Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru) vs. GM Haik Martirosyan (@Micki-taryan). The action starts on Thursday, November 12, at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 Central Europe...
GM David Paravyan won the November 10 Titled Tuesday tournament, his first-ever Titled Tuesday victory. Like GM Jeffery Xiong last week, the Russian grandmaster finished on a superb 10/11 score. The 22-year-old Paravyan (@dropstoneDP) is not the...
The fifth match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event is the big clash between GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (@lachesisQ) and GM Levon Aronian (@LevonAronian). The action starts on Wednesday, November 11, at 9 a.m. Pacific / ...
The Komodo team has released Komodo 14.1 and a new chess engine dubbed "Dragon." Dragon adds powerful NNUE (Efficiently Updatable Neural Networks) technology to the successful Komodo engine. Komodo is the 2019 World Computer Chess Champion, 2019...
In a statement published on its website, the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) makes a proposal for changing the world championship cycle. The main change the ACP proposes is to include open tournaments. The association, a non-profit foun...
In the fourth match of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event, GM Wesley So (@GMWSO) defeated GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (@ChessWarrior7197) 18-10. The next match is Nepomniachtchi vs. Aronian on Wednesday, November 11, at ...
It's time for a new match in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event: GM Wesley So (@GMWSO) vs. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (@ChessWarrior7197). The action starts on Sunday, November 8, at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 Central ...
GM Vladimir Kramnik has still got it. On Friday the 14th world champion won the Razuvaev Memorial blitz tournament as he defeated GM Evgeny Tomashevsky 1.5-0.5 in the playoff final. Among the participants was French GM Joel Lautier, who retired in...
In the third match of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event, the Russian GM Vladimir Fedoseev (@Bigfish1995) scored an upset victory against Iranian teenage star GM Alireza Firouzja (@Firouzja2003). Fedoseev ended up winning the match ...
GM Jeffery Xiong won the November 3 Titled Tuesday tournament, only his second Titled Tuesday victory so far. The American grandmaster finished on a fantastic 10/11 and remained undefeated. Xiong had won once before, on April 18, 2017, which was...
In the third match of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event we'll see the Iranian teenage star GM Alireza Firouzja (@Firouzja2003) taking on Russia's GM Vladimir Fedoseev (@Bigfish1995). The match starts on Wednesday, November 4, ...
GM Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) returned to Chess.com with a crushing 24-5 win vs. GM Parham Maghsoodloo (@Parhamov) in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The next match between GM Alireza Firouzja and GM Vladimir Fedoseev starts on ...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (@Lyonbeast) defeated GM Nihal Sarin (@NihalSarin) 16.5-11.5 in the first match of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. GM Magnus Carlsen will play GM Parham Maghsoodloo on Monday, November 2, at 9 a.m. Pacific /...
GM Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) returns to Chess.com today for his round of 16 match with GM Parham Maghsoodloo (@Parhamov) in the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. The match starts on Monday, November 2, at 9 a.m. P...
The Polish Chess Federation has banned 17-year-old WFM Patrycja Waszczuk for two years from competitive chess for allegedly using a phone during play. The father of Waszczuk has appealed the decision, claiming the evidence is circumstantial. Was...
The wait is over. Today, the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event begins with its first match: GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (@Lyonbeast) vs. GM Nihal Sarin (@NihalSarin). It starts at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 Central Europe. How to watch?T...
Two draws on the final day were enough for GM Wesley So to win the 2020 U.S. Championship and the $40,000 first prize. It was his second title that came three years after his first. So's victory can be regarded among some of the best p...
GM Wesley So is on the verge of winning his second U.S. Championship title. With two rounds to go, he is a point ahead of the pack. GM Hikaru Nakamura shockingly lost two more games on Wednesday. With two rounds to go, So is ...
GM Sergey Karjakin won the October 27 Titled Tuesday tournament, his first-ever Titled Tuesday victory. The Russian grandmaster edged out GMs Alireza Firouzja and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on tiebreak. The tournament, an 11-round Swiss at a 3+1 time...
GM Wesley So continues to lead the U.S. Championship with 5.5/6 points after two days of play. GM Jeffery Xiong and GM Ray Robson are still tied for second place while GM Hikaru Nakamura is on a disappointing 50 percent score. "To have...
Australia won the 2020 Asian Nations Cup on Sunday after beating India 4.5-3.5 in the final. India convincingly won the women's section, scoring 6-2 vs. Indonesia in the final. Almost all events in 2020 are being played online, and the Asian Nat...
