The 2020 women's world championship match has moved from Shanghai to Vladivostok, Russia. After a break of three days, play resumed for game game seven. The world champion, Ju Wenjun (China), was pressing but the challenger Ale...
Alireza Firouzja defeated Anish Giri to join Wesley So in the lead after five rounds of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, which visited the city of Eindhoven for the "Chess on Tour" day of the event. Viswanathan Anand won agai...
On Tuesday, Magnus Carlsen broke Sergei Tiviakov's streak of 110 undefeated games with another draw at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Wesley So is the new leader after beating Alireza Firouzja. In the challengers ...
Update: Quotes from Chief Arbiter Bayat have been included in this report. 1/16/20 Iran has been the center of much turbulence recently on and off the chessboard. Ongoing protests in the country seeking political reform are the second such upris...
Dr. Wolf has joined Chess.com to provide you with a unique chess learning experience. Have you ever wanted a personal chess coach? Someone to identify your strengths and weaknesses and to give you direct feedback and exercises to help you improv...
Hey, chess fans! We hope you are enjoying a great start to 2020. Before we get too deep into our new year's resolutions, let's check out what the Chess.com team did in December 2019. Puzzles Improvements to Puzzle Battle. We also imp...
Alireza Firouzja defeated Vladislav Artemiev to become the sole leader after three rounds at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. With his third draw, Magnus Carlsen equaled Sergei Tiviakov's streak...
Last week's PRO Chess League action has set the tone for the 2020 season. While teams like the Saint Louis Arch Bishops and the Russia Wizards look to improve on their opening-week wins, teams such as the China Pandas...
White was doing well on day two of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, as four players in the masters group won their games with that color. In both the masters and challengers groups, five players are tied for first place. You can follow th...
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun (China) was leading the 2020 women's world championship match when her challenger, Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia), came up with an inspired effort to win game five and even the match. They then drew game six,...
Alireza Firouzja and Jorden Van Foreest won their games in the first round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. The top encounter between Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri ended in a draw. The ...
The 2020 PRO Chess League is back, ending a 247-day drought since the end of last season. With the new improvements to the league format, fans watched the most competitive week in PRO Chess League history. The stronger competition brought debuts f...
Levon Aronian: “You don’t play chess to have fun. You play chess to crush your opponent.” A high-spirited Aronian attended the South African Junior Chess Championship (SAJCC) Jan. 3-8 in the city of Ekurhuleni. More than 2,700 ...
The 2020 women's world championship match between the reigning champion Ju Wenjun (China) and the challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) started with three draws before Ju won with the white pieces in game four. After a rest day, play continue...
The Tata Steel Chess tournament will start on Saturday with Magnus Carlsen vs. Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana vs. Wesley So. The tournament's opening ceremony took place on Friday afternoon with the drawing of lots. Round 1 pairings Ma...
Kid don't often get to meet their heroes, until now. ChessKid.com, the official scholastic extension of Chess.com, has announced the inaugural ChessKid Speed Chess Championship of India to begin January 15-19. Ten winning ChessKids w...
The Chess.com Speed Chess Championship final will be an all-American affair. After Wesley So advanced to the final last month, Hikaru Nakamura beat Ian Nepomniachtchi 17.5-14.5 on Sunday in the second semifinal. Much has been said abou...
The 2020 Women's World Championship match between reigning champion Ju Wenjun (China) and challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) started with two draws. After a rest day, play continues on Wednesday. You can follow the match with commentary ...
It's been a long off-season for PRO Chess League fans. Since the Saint Louis Arch Bishops secured their second league title 244 days ago in San Francisco, the league has brought on new improvements to achieve a more competitive season. Just 48 day...
The 2020 Women's World Championship match between reigning champion Ju Wenjun (China) and challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) will start on Sunday in Shanghai. The second half of the match will be played in Vladivostok, Russia. Here's where...
Chess.com conducted an interview with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave after a tough and eventually disappointing year for him. The French number-one player speaks about failing to qualify for the candidates, what was wrong with the qualification process an...
The Texas Tech "Check Them Tech" squad won the western hemisphere's most prestigious university open chess tournament in late December in Charlotte, North Carolina. The longtime scholarship program captured its second-ever Pan-Am Intercollegiate C...
The publication of the new FIDE ratings caused a bit of a stir because Magnus Carlsen is not leading on all three lists. Due to more blitz games being rated than expected, Hikaru Nakamura is the number-one player on the blitz rankings. ...
The year 2019 was very busy for the chess world, especially at the highest level. The calendar was packed, and the fans had so much to enjoy watching from the different playing halls but mostly online, of course. In this article we look back and...
