GM Hikaru Nakamura finished first in Saturday's $1,000 Bullet Brawl after GM Daniel Naroditsky fell agonizingly short of wresting the title from his rival's grasp. A single point was all that split the all-time leaders after two hours of play, and...
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It is one of the top places to study in the world, a seat of learning renowned for educating some of the brightest minds in history. But Harvard University's reputation has never been tested against FM Tani Adewumi and IM Alice Lee! ChessKid's t...
The 2023 Women’s Speed Chess Championship starts on November 13, promising plenty of fast and furious action for speed chess fans to enjoy. Eight of the game's quickest-thinking women will compete to see who will be crowned as this year's WS...
IM Polina Shuvalova and WGM Priyanka Nutakki earned their seats in the Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship 2023 after emerging on top of a two-day qualifier, which was a 14-round Swiss followed by a double-elimination knockout. The main...
In the November 7 edition of Titled Tuesday, GM Magnus Carlsen finally joined the list of players to win both tournaments on a single day, becoming the sixth player to pull off the feat. After a come-from-behind early win, where Carlsen was only t...
FIDE has announced the venue for the 2023 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships. The world governing body of chess confirmed the traditional Christmas event will take place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from December 26 to 30, with a $1 million p...
British chess has gotten another boost as legends GM Michael Adams (50+) and GM John Nunn (65+) both secured gold medals in the World Senior Championship last week. WGM Monica Calzetta Ruiz (50+) from Spain and WGM Galina Strutinskaia (65+) won wo...
The regular season of the 2023 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) fall season has come to a close and the University of Texas Dallas sits atop the table after their 14-2 drubbing of Columbia University (CU) on Saturday. Three of their players—GMs...
GM Vidit Gujrathi has been confirmed as the winner of the 2023 FIDE Grand Swiss after defeating GM Alexandr Predke and finishing on 8.5/11 in what has been described as one of the strongest open tournaments of all time. Along with receiving $80,...
GM Jose Martinez was crowned as November's first Bullet Brawl winner after surviving a late resurgence by GM Oleksandr Bortnyk on Saturday. Having built a solid lead in the first half of the event, Martinez looked to be running away with the ...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Vidit Gujrathi, and Andrey Esipenko lead the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 with 7.5 points going into the last round. They beat, respectively, GMs Fabiano Caruana, Bogdan-Daniel Deac, and Parham Maghsoodloo. As a historic feat, there ...
GM Ding Liren has withdrawn from several events since becoming world champion. Now the Chinese star reveals to Chess.com that an unspecified illness is the cause of his absence and that he intends to return to tournament play in 2024. Where is D...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Parham Maghsoodloo each won in round nine of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 to catch the leaders, GMs Andrey Esipenko, Vidit Gujrathi, Fabiano Caruana, and Bogdan-Daniel Deac. In the Women's, Vaishali Rameshbabu has captu...
Four players share the lead after round eight of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023. In the Women's, the same three players continue to share the lead. All winning with the white pieces, GMs Andrey Esipenko, Fabiano Caruana, and Bogdan-Daniel Deac ...
GM Vidit Gujrathi shot into the sole lead of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 in round seven with 5.5 points, while three players are tied with that same score in the Women's. After losing with a blunder in round one, Vidit has now won five o...
GM Liem Le, head coach of the legendary Webster University chess program, won the early Titled Tuesday on October 31, his second in a row after winning late last week. This week's late event went to GM Pranav V, who also finished fifth in the earl...
"It's still my favorite tournament of the year!" said super-GM Daniil Dubov, after conceding just one draw in eight games to win the 2023 Halloween Mystery Banter Blitz. Dubov, wearing a Scream mask, had overcome GM Oleksandr Bortnyk (in a Vampire...
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After six rounds in the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023, eight players are tied for the lead with 4.5/6, while GM Anna Muzychuk takes the sole lead with 5/6 in the Women's. In the Open, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Andrey Esipenko fought a sharp battle on the ...
IM Levy Rozman's much anticipated new book was released with a bang on October 24, receiving excellent reviews, making it to the New York Times bestseller list and reaching number one on three Amazon lists. How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guid...
A top-of-the-table clash between Saint Louis University (SLU) and The University of Texas Dallas (UT Dallas) saw SLU steal the match and ascend to first place in the 2023 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) on Saturday. Powered by SIG, the matchup pro...
One player, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, leads the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2023 after five rounds. The 19-year-old rising star defeated former World Champion Tan Zhongyi to reach 4.5/5, the highest score in either section. Top-seed GM Aleksand...
It is the beautiful new chess documentary that every fan of the game should see—whether you can make it to a film festival or stream it live on TV—and now it's an award-winner. The City Of Human Chess, Chess.com's first venture into ...
