Three things in life seem to be a surety: death, taxes, and GM Hikaru Nakamura winning the $400 first prize in Bullet Brawl. Hours after securing victory for the fourth time in Chess.com's Bullet Chess Championship, Nakamura was back online again,...
We are thrilled to announce major improvements to engines on Chess.com. Only weeks after the release of Stockfish 16, the newest version of the engine is now also available on our website. The engine is stronger than ever and brings a new evaluati...
GM Ju Wenjun has won a wild final game of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship to claim her fourth title with a 6.5-5.5 victory over GM Lei Tingjie. The 17th women's world champion, who has held the title since 2018, also picks up the €30...
GM Hikaru Nakamura clinched the Bullet Chess Championship 2023 on Friday, shutting down GM Magnus Carlsen's comeback in overtime in an epic Grand Final. Back in Norway with his home setup, Carlsen switched into another gear and went on a t...
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun attacked with the black pieces in Game 11 of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship, but a creative king march saved the day for GM Lei Tingjie, leaving the scores tied at 5.5-5.5 going into the final classical g...
In an open letter published on the FIDE website a number of top grandmasters urge Ukraine's government to allow GM Vasyl Ivanchuk to leave the country and play the upcoming FIDE World Cup. The event begins in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 29 and...
GM Hikaru Nakamura sits atop the Winners Bracket after defeating GM Alireza Firouzja in an electrifying final at the Bullet Chess Championship 2023 on Thursday. He awaits the player who will fight their way out of the Losers Bracket to meet him in...
GM Gukesh D is expected to be the youngest player to have a published rating of 2750 in history when the next FIDE rating list comes out in 11 days (when he will be 17.17 years old). This news comes just off the heels of his countryman GM Praggnan...
With the fourth leg of the $2 million Champions Chess Tour ending in a thrilling climax and International Chess Day celebrations now underway, Chess.com can reveal the title of its penultimate regular season event: the 2023 Julius Baer Generation ...
17-year-old GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu continues to climb the highest rungs of professional chess. On Wednesday, he won the V. Geza Hetenyi Memorial | GM, held in Budapest, and will cross the 2700-rating threshold on the next official FIDE list....
Russian chess continues to lose its top players. Former Candidates participant GM Kirill Alekseenko has now completed the transfer to Austria and becomes the country's highest-rated player. The 26-year-old from St. Petersburg who was ranke...
With swift and tricky play, GM Alireza Firouzja defeated GM Magnus Carlsen in the semifinals of the Bullet Chess Championship 2023 on Wednesday. GM Hikaru Nakamura bested GM Daniel Naroditsky in match loaded with dazzling tactics. Firouzja and Nak...
Challenger GM Lei Tingjie briefly threatened to take over in game 10 of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship, but defending champion GM Ju Wenjun "took back" a questionable move and soon even had a nominal advantage before the game fizzled out...
GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Hikaru Nakamura won their matches by the highest margins in the Winners Quarterfinals of the Bullet Chess Championship 2023 on Tuesday. They each defeated formidable grandmasters, Andrew Tang and Jose Martinez respectivel...
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun played the Sicilian Defense for the first time in the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship and went on to make a comfortable draw with the black pieces, despite GM Lei Tingjie playing on until move 59. The ...
The favorites swept the underdogs in the opening round of the Bullet Chess Championship 2023 on Monday. Debuting in the event, GM Magnus Carlsen won nearly every game vs. GM Eric Hansen. GM Oleksandr Bortnyk fought off GM Fabiano Caruana's ...
Imagine a sun-filled day with an over-the-board game in a picturesque park such as Columbus Park in New York City. It’s a scene we all enjoy watching. Would you be surprised to see tennis great Roger Federer on one side of the chessboard fac...
Warning: The following clips contain an aggressive display of racial harassment, including multiple expletives and a slur. Chess streamer Alyssazhu was streaming live on Twitch from a park when her camera was knocked over before a racist rant ag...
GM Ju Wenjun is back! The Women's World Champion outplayed challenger GM Lei Tingjie in a complex middlegame and then ground out an endgame win to level the scores at 4-4 going into the final four games of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura once again won Saturday's Bullet Brawl and claimed the $400 first prize after scoring 263 points in the two-hour arena. This victory follows his record-breaking 75-win run in the previous event. In the most stacked edition yet...
Defending Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun counterattacked and emerged two pawns up with a winning position as the second half of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship began. As time ran out, however, she took a safe option that allowed GM Lei ...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Wesley So in the Division I Grand Final to clinch the Champions Chess Tour Aimchess Rapid 2023. After a 2-0 start by Carlsen, So made a stunning comeback by winning on demand with Black. In game four, Carlsen combined...
GM Wesley So has emerged out of the Losers Bracket victorious and will challenge GM Magnus Carlsen for the Division I Grand Final of the Champions Chess Tour Aimchess Rapid 2023. In a sacrifice-loaded match vs. GM Eduardo Iturrizaga, the America...
Torch is a brand-new chess engine built from the ground up by top chess engine developers. The team is composed of: Andrew Grant (Ethereal), Finn Eggers & Kim Kåhre (Koivisto), Jay Honnold (Berserk), and Michael Whiteley & Dietrich K...
