The latest news from Chess.com. https://www.chess.com/ 2026 Chess.com Once again it was all about GM Javokhir Sindarov in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament as the Uzbek star won a difficult position against GM Wei Yi to move to a mind-blowing 5.5/6. He leads his closest pursuer GM Fabiano Caruana by 1.5 points aft... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-6 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:55:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-6 Peruvian IM Renato Terry achieved a groundbreaking feat after pulling off the first Chess.com titled arena trifecta by taking out Saturday's Bullet Brawl. Terry held his nerve and streaked his way to 156 points, outdoing the second-through-fourt... https://www.chess.com/news/view/renato-terry-wins-bullet-brawl-apr-4-2026 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:13:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/renato-terry-wins-bullet-brawl-apr-4-2026 As the only two players still on a perfect 5/5 score in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open, GMs Hans Niemann and Vincent Keymer will be playing each other on top board in Sunday morning's sixth round. Behind them is a group of six players on 4.5/5: G... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-grenke-freestyle-chess-open-day-3 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:51:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-grenke-freestyle-chess-open-day-3 GM Javokhir Sindarov's dream run continued after GM Hikaru Nakamura thought for 67 minutes on move 13, chose badly, and sank without a trace in round five of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Sindarov, now world number-five, is on 4.5/5, with o... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-5 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:50:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-5 For the second time in as many weeks, GM Jose Martinez notched two 3 0 Thursday victories in one day, earning himself $800 in prize money. Martinez posted scores of 9.5/11 in both events to claim first place outright, and lost only a single game i... https://www.chess.com/news/view/3-0-thursday-martinez-terry-4-4-2026 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:20:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/3-0-thursday-martinez-terry-4-4-2026 IM Renato Terry won the first Freestyle Friday of April by a full point, scoring 9.5/11. Even with the FIDE Candidates and the Grenke Chess Festival occurring at the same time, the Freestyle Friday Championship continued apace, and Terry moved int... https://www.chess.com/news/view/terry-wins-freestyle-friday-april-3-2026 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:02:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/terry-wins-freestyle-friday-april-3-2026 19 players are still on a perfect score after three rounds in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open, including big names such as GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hans Niemann, and Vincent Keymer. In round 3, Carlsen seemed to be close to dropping... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-grenke-freestyle-chess-open-day-2 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:04:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-grenke-freestyle-chess-open-day-2 The Collegiate Chess League Spring 2026 Season Playoffs are upon us, and you can join in on the excitement by predicting who wins!  Will SLU defend their championship title, or will UT Dallas get their revenge and their first ever CCL Champ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/win-prizes-in-the-spring-2026-ccl-predictions-challenge Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:07:52 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/win-prizes-in-the-spring-2026-ccl-predictions-challenge Two newly-released clips from Netflix’s upcoming Untold: Chess Mates documentary offer glimpses into both sides of the Carlsen vs. Niemann saga, featuring candid reflections from GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hans Niemann, and Hikaru Nakamura, just da... https://www.chess.com/news/view/netflix-releases-new-clip-from-untold-chess-mates-documentary Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:01:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/netflix-releases-new-clip-from-untold-chess-mates-documentary It's the tournament GM Magnus Carlsen won with 9/9 last year, and on Thursday evening he started the new edition with another win: the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open. It is part of the Grenke Chess Festival that boasts over 3,500 participants in Karl... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-grenke-freestyle-chess-open-day-1 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:43:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-grenke-freestyle-chess-open-day-1 While his compatriot GM Javokhir Sindarov carves up at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has quietly moved into fourth position on the April FIDE classical rating list after a commanding victory at the 2026 Prague Inter... https://www.chess.com/news/view/april-2026-fide-ratings Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:29:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/april-2026-fide-ratings GM Amin Tabatabaei has continued his golden run in classical chess by pulling off one of the greatest results of his career, an outright victory with a performance rating of 2849 in the 422-player strong 2026 Reykjavik Open. Although Tabatabaei ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/tabatabaei-wins-2026-reykjavik-chess-open Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:25:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/tabatabaei-wins-2026-reykjavik-chess-open GM Javokhir Sindarov grabbed the sole lead at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament on Wednesday, reaching a fantastic plus-three score by beating co-leader GM Fabiano Caruana. GM Anish Giri got back to a 50-percent score by beating GM Andrey Esipen... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-4 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:21:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-4 Step right up, come one, come all! The Chess.com circus is in town for one month only, putting on chess performances the likes of which you’ve never seen before. Go head-to-head against each entertainer, from the mind-bending Contortionist t... https://www.chess.com/news/view/circus-chess-bots Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:26:52 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/circus-chess-bots Chessboxing is taking the world by storm. The appeal is obvious: it's the only sport that allows you to outwit your opponent with tactics and strategy—or just punch them senseless if you fail to do so. With alternating rounds of chess and bo... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-new-chessboxing-feature Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-new-chessboxing-feature GMs Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov lead the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with 2.5 points after three rounds. Caruana won a miniature after a blunder by GM Wei Yi, and Sindarov bravely sacrificed a piece to win with the black pieces again... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-3 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:22:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-3 Three co-leaders, none of them playing each other, all made draws in the final round, but someone still had to win the Titled Tuesday tournament out of GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Hans Niemann, and Parham Maghsoodloo. And that is the order tiebreaks p... https://www.chess.com/news/view/duda-wins-titled-tuesday-march-31-2026 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:11:04 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/duda-wins-titled-tuesday-march-31-2026 Please note that the event's schedule has changed. The event qualifiers are now taking place from April 13 to 16, with the semifinals and final taking place on April 17. More players, more pieces, and more tactics! The Chess.com 4-Player Chess C... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-chesscom-4-player-chess-championship-2026 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-chesscom-4-player-chess-championship-2026 Just as collegiate basketball players compete in March Madness, college chess players are about to begin their own playoff bracket in the Collegiate Chess League (CCL). The eight Division One teams have just completed the seven-week round-robin se... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-ccl-spring-playoffs-preview Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:20:35 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-ccl-spring-playoffs-preview All eight games were drawn in round two of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament and 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates. In the Open tournament, the standings remain unchanged with GMs Fabiano Caruana,  Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, and Javokhir Sindaro... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-2 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:44:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-2 GM Fabiano Caruana ended his curse against GM Hikaru Nakamura when it mattered most by battling to a six-hour win in round one of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. There were two more wins, with GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu surprising GM Anish ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-1 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:30:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-1 IM Polina Shuvalova and CM Aarit Kapil may be worlds apart in age and experience, but both have reached the same milestone: 3000 blitz on Chess.com—Shuvalova as the first woman, and Kapil as the youngest ever. For most Chess.com members, b... https://www.chess.com/news/view/shuvalova-10-year-old-kapil-break-3000-blitz-barrier-on-chess-com Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:04:06 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/shuvalova-10-year-old-kapil-break-3000-blitz-barrier-on-chess-com Turkiye's GM Ediz Gurel created Bullet Brawl history on Saturday after joining the arena 34 minutes late and still winning the event. Gurel finished ahead of 162 titled players, including the five-time world champion, GM Magnus Carlsen, who also j... https://www.chess.com/news/view/ediz-gurel-wins-bullet-brawl-mar-28-2026 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:06:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/ediz-gurel-wins-bullet-brawl-mar-28-2026 The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 and FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2026 start this Sunday, March 29, and they are the two most important over-the-board tournaments of the year. Each of them will determine a challenger for the world champio... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-preview Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:39:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-preview The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued a major ruling against the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR), ordering it to cease chess activities in occupied Ukrainian territories within 90 days—or face a three-year suspension from the ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/cas-orders-russia-to-halt-chess-activity-in-occupied-ukraine-threatens-suspension Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:10:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/cas-orders-russia-to-halt-chess-activity-in-occupied-ukraine-threatens-suspension