Update: The ChessKid National Festival has expanded its scope and now features events for kids up to K-8! Other new additions include Hula Chess, Fencing Chess, a live band, and a guest appearance by WFM Alexandra Botez and Andrea Botez! Chess...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave booked his Quarterfinal spot in the 2023 Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase after dispatching GM Gukesh Dommaraju by a convincing 21.5-8.5 margin in the Round of 16 on Tuesday. The Frenchman will face Gukesh's...
In the end, the top-ranked Georgian team, led by GM Bella Khotenashvili, won gold at the World Women's Team Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland. For much of the tournament, one of the lowest-ranked and youngest teams, Kazakhstan―with IM Bibi...
GM Fabiano Caruana will face five-time SCC Champion Hikaru Nakamura in the Quarterfinals of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. Caruana defeated GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov with a score of 13.5-10.5 in the Round of 16.&...
Social media posts claiming Netflix's The Queen's Gambit is returning for a second season have gone viral in the last months. Sadly, they are false. "The Queens Gambit Season 2 coming soon!" claimed a post from the Facebook group Netflix Daily U...
GM Nihal Sarin claimed his first Bullet Brawl title on Saturday and scooped the $400 first prize after accruing 200 points in the two-hour arena, seven points ahead of the two-time winner GM Jose Martinez. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk outlasted GMs Rena...
GM Alexander Grischuk confirmed his reputation as a blitz specialist with steady play on the second and final day of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz, winning the title with a score of 12 points from 18 games. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov an...
Against GM Dmitry Andreikin, GM Alireza Firouzja won the closest Round of 16 match in the season so far in the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. The final score was just a one-point difference, 13.5-12.5. Although Fi...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu got off to a flying start, winning his first five games, and ultimately ended with 6.5 points from nine games to be the sole leader at the end of the first day of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz. Following t...
Who knew that the light-hearted Chess Clash event would almost bring the downfall of Chess.com? After CCO Danny Rensch irresponsibly bet the company's ownership on clan Barbarian's win, clan King emerged with a victory, giving Ludwig the right to ...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored another 2.5 points on the last day of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Open Rapid, winning the event with a round to spare and scoring seven points out of a possible nine. GM Teimour Radjabov was placed second with ...
WGM Jennifer Shahade says she was greeted with "hostility instead of support" and "consistently minimized or ignored" by US Chess when she came forward with allegations of sexual assault. The former U.S. Women's Chess Champion resigned as the Dire...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave played imaginatively to surge into the sole lead with 4.5 out of six points at the end of the second day of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Open Rapid. GM Teimour Radjabov was in the lead until he was outplayed by GM Vidi...
CM Aaron Mendes won the 4th ChessKid Youth Speed Chess Championship, defeating Antoni Radzimski in a riveting final between two rising talents. Throughout their clash, both prodigies displayed vast tactical expertise. Ultimately, it was Mendes's p...
GM Nihal Sarin is through to the Quarterfinals of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. He defeated GM Alexey Sarana with a final score of 16-10 after winning all three segments despite a brief internet connectivity sc...
GM Alireza Firouzja won his third Titled Tuesday in the last two weeks on September 5, taking the late event with a score of 10/11 to follow up his sweep last week. GM Vugar Rasulov took home the early honors, scoring 9.5 points and winning on tie...
GM Wesley So won a surprisingly one-sided match against GM Levon Aronian in the round of 16 of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Presented by Coinbase. The final score was 15.5-12.5, but the margin was greater than five points for m...
GMs Teimour Radjabov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vincent Keymer, and Dommaraju Gukesh lead with two points from three rounds at the end of an intensely fought first day of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Open Rapid being held in Kolkata, India. ...
"He's finishing up his bingo card!" said GM Eric Hansen as GM Hikaru Nakamura managed to play 14 of the 16 possible first pawn moves for White on the way to beating GM Yu Yangyi 19-9 in the round of 16 of the 2023 Chess.com Speed Chess Championshi...
GM Nikita Vitiugov, the Russian Champion in 2021 and current world number 25, became the most significant transfer from Russia since the invasion of Ukraine, as his switch to England was officially confirmed by FIDE last week. Vitiugov, who hail...
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun secured the title of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess India Women's Blitz with 12.5 points after 18 rounds, outwitting her pursuers GM Harika Dronavalli, GM Humpy Koneru, and WGM Divya Deshmukh in the final two rounds. ...
The summer holidays are coming to an end, and school is about to start again (or already has!). For parents and educators (or anyone with a chess-loving kid in their family), ChessKid is the best resource you can use to give them an extraordinary ...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Alireza Firouzja in the Grand Final of the 2023 Julius Baer Generation Cup to clinch his third tournament victory on the Champions Chess Tour. Though both players were in imperfect form, their fighting nature shined t...
GM Harika Dronavalli and GM Ju Wenjun are in the joint lead with 6.5 points from nine games at the end of the first day of the Tata Steel Chess India Women's Blitz. No player could escape defeat on an exciting day of blitz with high-quality games,...
