GMs Fabiano Caruana and Gukesh D, respectively defeated the world number-one and number-two, GMs Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja, in the first round of Norway Chess 2023. With wins in the classical portion, they lead the tournament with 3 poin...
Chess.com is hosting a star-studded charity event with Lidé Haiti, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering at-risk adolescent girls in Haiti. The June 2 event will be live-streamed on Twitch and bring together, among others, The O...
Just days after winning the ChessKid Cup, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov finished in clear first at the Norway Chess Blitz 2023 on Monday. After a rocky start in half of the event with losses to GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, Abdusattorov score...
GM Jose Martinez won his second Bullet Brawl crown and $1,000 on Saturday with an imperious 209 points, eclipsing his nearest challengers, the second and third-placed GMs Sergei Zhigalko (190) and Andrew Tang (180) by multiple wins.
In a May edi...
WGM Dinara Wagner secured victory with the black pieces in the fourth leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022-2023 after defeating GM Bela Khotenashvili and moving to 7/11. After Wagner suffered a loss in round nine that allowed GMs Harika Dr...
In the penultimate round, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and IM Polina Shuvalova engaged in a captivating 95-move battle, featuring a daring white king and a wealth of unique dynamic possibilities. Shuvalova is in contention for first, just a half po...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov convincingly won Division I of the Champions Chess Tour ChessKid Cup 2023 on Friday. Going into game four of the Grand Final with Black and an even score, he defeated GM Fabiano Caruana. No tiebreak or second set was neede...
GM Arjun Erigaisi won the Sharjah Masters International Chess Championship 2023 on Thursday after winning his final-round game against GM Nodirbek Yakubboev.
Eight players were tied on 5.5/8 heading into the final round and only Arjun was able t...
In round nine of the Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022-2023, the competitors threw the fate of the tournament into uncertainty. IM Gunay Mammadzada defeated the leader, WGM Dinara Wagner, while GM Bella Khotenashvili scored her first victo...
We're thrilled to announce Espot B-Cup 2 Presented by Chess.com! It's a community and streamer event live from Espot Paris on June 17, 2023, at 6:20 a.m. PT/15:20 CEST. There will be online and on-site tournaments with prize pools, two concurrent ...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda fought a memorable and thrilling final round of the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2023, where the former held his nerve to hold a draw and win the event with a score of 24 points and pocket the top p...
GM Fabiano Caruana eliminated GMs Jules Moussard and Jorden van Foreest on his way to the Champions Chess Tour ChessKid Cup 2023 Grand Final in Division I.
Both of his matches made it to armageddon tiebreaks; Caruana first drew with the black pi...
It was a day of narrow escapes in round eight of the Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022-2023. WGM Dinara Wagner maintained her lead, navigating her way out of a close call vs. IM Polina Shuvalova, who prepared a shrewd psychological surpris...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda leads the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2023 heading into the final nine rounds of blitz after a strong showing on the fourth day when he scored 5/9 and moved to 17.5 points.
GM Magnus Carlsen is hot on the heels o...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the first grand finalist of the Champions Chess Tour ChessKid Cup 2023 Division I after beating GM Jorden van Foreest in a close fight that nearly made it to armageddon. In the Losers Bracket, GM Fabiano Caruana elimina...
Have you watched Bullet Brawl yet? This two-hour monthly arena sees titled players compete against each other at lightning speed using a 1+0 time control.
While you might not be able to compete with GM Hikaru Nakamura in the titled event, ...
Titled Tuesday on May 23 went to two generations of blitz stars, the long-established GM Alexander Grischuk and the 20-years-younger GM Nihal Sarin. Grischuk essentially locked up the early tournament with a round to go, while Nihal barely outlast...
WGM Dinara Wagner leapt to the clear top of the scoreboard by defeating fellow leader, GM Kateryna Lagno, in a tactical slugfest at the Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022-2023 in round seven. With this victory over the world number five, Wagner ...
GMs Jorden van Foreest and Nodirbek Abdusattorov advance to the Winners Final of the Champions Chess Tour ChessKid Cup 2023 Division I after defeating GMs Dmitrij Kollars and Fabiano Caruana respectively. In the Losers Bracket, GMs Alireza Fi...
Four of the biggest names in chess have been added to the line-up for the inaugural Global Chess League (GCL), yet another stellar event added to the crowded chess calendar.
New World Champion GM Ding Liren will face his predecessor and world nu...
The final day of rapid chess at the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2023 saw local hope GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda take the sole lead after moving to an undefeated 6.5/9 in his bid to defend his 2022 title.
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave made a late cha...
Chess.com is excited to announce the launch of Chessable 3.0, a new wave of improvements in the Chessable platform. Your experience will now be even more intuitive, personalized, and efficient!
Here are some of the improvements that you'll see t...
The worldwide chess boom reached new heights on Tuesday as it was revealed that the game secured a first-ever regular primetime spot on cable TV.
Chess.com, the world's leading chess platform, announced a landmark broadcast partnership with Game...
GMs Wesley So and Jan-Krzysztof Duda extended their lead after six rounds at the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2023, after both scored 2/3 on the second day of rapid chess. Wins over GMs Kirill Shevchenko and Radoslaw Wojtaszek, respectively, ...