With excellent play in the final rounds the world number 35 Vidit Gujrathi managed to pull away to win the 2019 Biel Chess Festival. This eight-player elite round robin featured a unique format, with a mix of classical, rapid, and...
After the third and last day of rapid chess, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is still the leader at the Paris Grand Chess Tour. The tournament resumes with blitz on Wednesday. Scoring 2/3 (really 4/6, as rapid points count double) on Monday was...
Wei Yi will be Jeffery Xiong's opponent in the final of the Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship. The Chinese GM beat Alireza Firouzja 14.5-11.5 in Sunday's semifinal. The Junior Speed Chess Championship final will be played ...
Thanks to an excellent second day on which he scored 2.5/3, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the new leader in the rapid segment of the Paris Grand Chess Tour. MVL's good second day started with a black win versus Anish Giri in an opening lin...
On Sunday Wei Yi of China plays Alireza Firouzja of Iran in the second semifinal of the Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship, sponsored by ChessKid. The match winner will play Jeffery Xiong in the final i...
On Saturday the Grand Chess Tour resumed in Paris, France, with the annual rapid and blitz tournament. After three rounds of rapid, Vishy Anand and Fabiano Caruana top the standings. The third tournament of the tour this year, it follows the C&o...
After five days of play Sam Shankland and Vidit Gujrathi lead the Biel Chess Festival at the approximate halfway point of the event. This year's edition of the annual super-tournament features an eight-player round-robin playing a mix of classi...
Chess.com's over-the-board coverage continues with World Rapid & Blitz, featuring some of the strongest speed chess players in the world. With $1 million in prizes up for grabs, GM Yasser Seirawan and GM Robert Hess will have the call as the a...
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia, after beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the Armageddon game of their tiebreak. He leads the overall Grand Prix after two legs together with Alexander Grischuk....
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won on demand vs. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov today. The FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia will be decided in a tiebreak on Wednesday. "A must-win situation is never pleasant but I will just be ready to pl...
In one of the most anticipated rematches in Chess.com history, team Chess.com (GM Robert Hess and IM Danny Rensch) will square off against team Chessbrah (GM Eric Hansen and GM Aman Hambleton.) You can watch the rematch this Wedne...
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov started with an impressive win against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final of the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia. The Frenchman needs to win tomorrow to stay in the match. So far MVL had played a flawless Grand P...
The new world number-10 Leinier Dominguez Perez managed to maintain his narrow lead to win first place in the 47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting with 4.5/7. Just a half-point behind Dominguez were four players, all at 4/7:...
The eighth week of the PRO Chess League Summer Series could not have gone better for GM Sandro Mareco and the Sao Paulo Capybaras. The Brazilian side scored the third six-point week of the Summer Series (Saint Louis and Pi...
Day eight of the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia was an exciting affair that gave us two finalists without needing any tiebreaks. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov kept his cool and defended calmly to draw and oust Wesley So while Max...
Jeffery Xiong qualified for the final of the Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship on Thursday as he beat Parham Maghsoodloo 14.5-10.5 in their semifinal match. Xiong will face either Wei Yi or Alireza Firouzja fo...
The semifinal matches commenced on day seven of the FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov has one foot in the final as he beat Wesley So in a wild Catalan while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Alexander Grischuk started with ...
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian GM Stanislav Bogdanovich (@Padenie_Zvezd) and the French GM Marie Sebag (@Etoilegeniale) qualified for the 2019 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss in Isle of Man. The two grandmasters each defeated three other men a...
While Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had qualified after the two classical games, Alexander Grischuk, Wesley So and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov also reached the semi-finals of the Riga Grand Prix after yesterday's tiebreaks. Day ...
On Thursday, Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran plays Jeffery Xiong of the United States in the first semifinal of the Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship, sponsored by ChessKid. Thursday's match winner will play the winner of...
The current U.S. number-three, Leinier Dominguez Perez, has a narrow lead with a 3/4 score after four rounds in the 47th Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting. He is closely followed by three players with 2.5/4: Teimour Radjabov, R...
When the match clock had run down to zero the score was tied, but then Jeffery Xiong won in overtime vs. Benjamin Gledura in Tuesday's Junior Speed Chess Championship quarterfinal match. Xiong will play Parham Maghsoodloo ...
FIDE has launched a survey to research its potential chess market, evaluate the size of the global chess community and assess the value of its sponsorship offering. You can participate. The survey has been created in cooperation with Nielse...
Update: Celebrate International Chess Day With 31 Hours Of Puzzle Rush On Chess.com —Palo Alto, Calif., July 16, 2019 To celebrate the calendar day dedicated to our favorite game, Chess.com will host a variety of festivities on Saturda...
