GM Levon Aronian is tied for first place at the Altibox Norway Chess tournament after outplaying GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a rook endgame. The Armenian grandmaster caught GM Fabiano Caruana, who lost an armageddon to GM Ali...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the 19th Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix, his first victory in the series. The Uzbek grandmaster beat the GM Jose Martinez of Peru 1.5-0.5 in the knockout final. The final Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix...
With his second win in a standard game, GM Fabiano Caruana grabbed the sole lead at the Altibox Norway Chess tournament. GM Magnus Carlsen won his second armageddon game as GM Alireza Firouzja flagged in what should have been a drawn roo...
GM Alexey Sarana will be GM Nihal Sarin's opponent in the final of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. Sarana defeated GM Jeffery Xiong 15-12 on Monday. The final is on Wednesday, October 7, at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 CE...
The Altibox Norway Chess tournament began on Monday. It's the first over-the-board super tournament with GM Magnus Carlsen since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. How to watchYou can follow the games here as part of our live platform. Besid...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the $3,500 first prize in the Speed Chess Championship Super Swiss as he defeated GM Vladimir Fedoseev 7.5-5.5 in Sunday's final of the knockout phase. Because Nakamura is already seeded into the tournament, ...
GM Nihal Sarin defeated GM Haik Martirosyan 17-9 to become the first player to reach the final of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. Nihal's opponent will be known after today's semifinal between GM Aleksey Sarana and ...
GM Wesley So was the top finisher among 16 players who qualified for the $15,000 Super Swiss Knockout. The American grandmaster finished on 12/15 on Saturday. Sunday's knockout bracket starts at 12:00 p.m. Pacific / 21:00 Central Europe. The&nbs...
GM Alexey Sarana defeated GM Sam Sevian 13.5-11.5 to become the fourth and last player to reach the semifinals of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. The first semifinal is between Nihal Sarin and Haik Martirosyan on Su...
The International Chess Federation has reopened the bid for the 2022 Chess Olympiad. According to FIDE, the Belarus organizers failed to perform their organizational and financial duties. 2022 Olympiad not in Minsk The 2020 Moscow Olympiad has ...
GM Nihal Sarin was behind until game 18 before eventually beating GM Anton Smirnov, thanks to better bullet skills. The final score was 14.5-12.5 for the Indian GM in this quarterfinal of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by Chess...
The Saint Louis Arch Bishops are the winners of the 2020 PRO Chess League championship. The Armenia Eagles have been disqualified from the 2020 season due to fair play violations. After a thorough investigation, Chess.com's Fair Play...
GM Jeffery Xiong defeated GM Arjun Erigaisi 15.5-13 .5 in the closest match so far in the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. The next quarterfinal will be on Thursday between GM Nihal Sarin and GM Anton Smirnov. An excit...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the 18th Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix, his first win in the series, or in any Titled Tuesday before. The Russian grandmaster beat the German grandmaster Matthias Bluebaum 2-0 in the knockout final. The next ...
GM Haik Martirosyan defeated GM Parham Maghsoodloo 15-10 in the first quarterfinal of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. The next match will be on Wednesday between GM Arjun Erigaisi and GM Jeffery Xiong. Now th...
Chess.com announces the Speed Chess Championship Super Swiss, a two-day qualification event from which one player will qualify for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Knockout Final. It will run October 3-4, 2020 and has a $15,000 prize fu...
Editor's Note: After Fair Play review, the Saint Louis Arch Bishops have won the 2020 PRO Chess League season. On Sunday the Armenia Eagles won the 2020 PRO Chess League by defeating the Saint Louis Arch Bishops 9.5-6.5. The Eagle...
The China Pandas defeated the Canada Chessbrahs with 10.5-5.5 in the consolation match of the PRO Chess League. The final between the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and the Armenia Eagles will be played on Sunday. The final will start Sunday...
The Saint Louis Arch Bishops and the Armenia Eagles will play in Sunday's PRO Chess League final. The teams defeated the China Pandas and the Canada Chessbrahs respectively, who will play the match for third place on Saturday. The game...
The 2020 PRO Chess League will be decided today in the final between the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and the Armenia Eagles. The teams will be fighting for a $20,000 first prize. The final will start Sunday, September 27 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific ...
GM Anton Smirnov defeated GM Raunak Sadhwani 16-11 in the last match in the round of 16 of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. Smirnov's next opponent is top seed GM Nihal Sarin. Now that all eight matches in the firs...
GM Vladimir Fedoseev won the 17th Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix, his second in the series. The Russian grandmaster beat his compatriot GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 1.5-0.5 in the knockout final and climbed to fifth place in the overall GP standings...
Six new variants, including four from the recent AlphaZero paper, are now available for all Chess.com members to try. They can be found at Chess.com/variants. The recent scientific paper from Google's DeepMind, co-written by 14th worl...
GM Jeffery Xiong will be the opponent for GM Arjun Erigaisi in the quarterfinals of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. In what was the longest a match in the round of 16 so far, Xiong beat GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 18.5...
