Without playing a game, GM Magnus Carlsen (2862) saw his lead in the world rankings increase to 42 Elo points. GM Fabiano Caruana lost nine points but is still the world #2. After winning his match with Vishy Anand in November in Sochi, Mag...
It's the time of holiday celebrations, and traditionally lots of chess players can be found behind the chess board. Here's a round-up of Christmas tournaments that have finished. North American Open: Wesley So GM Wesley So is now a top-10...
The first two Titled Player Tuesdays saw two world-class GMs rattle off eight wins at the start to cruise to victory. This time, there was final-round drama. Chess.com weekly columnist GM Daniel Naroditsky lost in round four but won his other ei...
In 2013, one of the strongest open tournaments sadly disappeared from the chess calendar. In 2015, it will be back: the Aeroflot Open. Tournaments come and go, but few of them return. It's great to see a big, strong event with a long tradition...
In a field of 151 players where fully two-thirds held FIDE titles and more than one-quarter were grandmasters, 28th-ranked Georgian GM Gaioz Nigalidze topped the Third Annual Al Ain Chess Classic. The tournament ran from December 19-26 at the Al...
GM David Navara won the European Blitz Championship last Friday in Wroclaw, Poland. Two days later, local hero GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the rapid section. Navara's victory was very convincing: he finished on a splendid 19.0/22; two points ...
Chalk one up for experience over speed. A team of four former world greats squeezed by a quartet of up-and-comers at the Nutcracker Match of the Generations in Moscow on Christmas Day. GM Peter Leko, once only a draw away from becoming the wor...
Led by a pair of super-GMs and two other strong grandmasters, the St. Louis Arch Bishops topped the expanded United States Chess League in 2014. The chess capital of the U.S. now boasts its strongest team thanks to a tiebreak win over the Dallas D...
Despite eight decisive games, the score is still equal at the Nutcracker Match of the Generations after four rounds of classical chess. In the third round, the “Kings” took the lead once more with a 2.5-1.5 win, but t...
Make sure you're free January 3, 2015 at 9 a.m. Pacific (noon Eastern, 6 p.m. Central Europe). Have things to do? Cancel them. Reserve your best chair and have your drinks and snacks ready for the battle between U.S. #1 GM Hikaru Nakamura&n...
On Sunday, India clinched the gold medals at the World Youth U16 in Gyor, Hungary. Russia started with six straight victories but eventually went home with silver. Vishy Anand can look back at 2014 sati...
In the second round of the Nutcracker Match of the Generations, the “Kings” leveled the score as GM Alexander Morozevich defeated GM Vladimir Fedoseev. The other three games ended in draws. With two points for a win and one for a dra...
The year is almost over, but yet another interesting tournament took off today in Moscow: the Nutcracker Match of the Generations. Four experienced GMs face four Russian rising stars. The “Nutcracker” is yet another initiative of bus...
PRESS RELEASE -- Starting in February 2015, Chess.com will alter the format for Death Matches: Events will be quarterly with an open qualifier facing off against an invited player every time. After the planned January 3 burner between world to...
Russia hasn't won a gold medal at the regular Olympiads since 2002, but with six straight victories it is getting close at the World Youth U16 in Győr, Hungary. With four rounds to go, Russia has 12 match points, followed by ...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia and GM Hou Yifan of China emerged as the winners of the Basque tournament at the World Mind Games. Introduced last year in Beijing, the “Basque System” was the last of three chess e...
The main event of the London Chess Classic finished on Sunday, but there's plenty of reason to return to the UK capital one more time. On Monday night the traditional prize-giving dinner at Simpson's-in-the-Strand was held, E...
After winning the rapid, GM Alexander Grischuk also finished clear first at the World Mind Games blitz tournament. GM Hou Yifan won the women's section. The World Mind Games takes place December 11-17 in Beijing, China. It is&n...
Playing at amazing speed, GM Magnus Carlsen crushed 10 opponents but was defeated once in a Chess.com simul on Sunday. In what was the first-ever Chess.com event to feature the 24-year-old world champion, Carlsen played nine Chess.com memb...
GM Viswanathan Anand won the 2014 London Chess Classic on Sunday. The 45-year-old Indian grandmaster edged out GM Vladimir Kramnik and GM Anish Giri on tiebreak. Anand's first place was based on number of wins with Black, and since there wa...
GM Hikaru Nakamura climbed two places in the leaderboard thanks to a win against English number one GM Michael Adams in the penultimate round of the London Chess Classic. The games Anand-Giri and Kramnik-Caruana ended in draws. Like r...
All three games in the third round of the London Chess Classic ended in draws, and so GMs Anish Giri and Vladimir Kramnik continue to share the lead. Round four will be played on Saturday starting two hours earlier, at 2 p.m. GMT....
A record-breaking World Youth U16 will take off on Saturday in Győr, Hungary. Teams from at least 40 countries will participate. After she announced her retirement in August, Judit Polgar hasn't been sitting still. First there was the Polga...
Alexander Grischuk and Valentina Gunina are the winners of the rapid chess tournament at the World Mind Games. Grischuk won the men's section with 5/7, half a point more than Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wang Hao, Levon Aronian and Shakhriy...
