The latest news from Chess.com. https://www.chess.com/ 2026 Chess.com GM Hikaru Nakamura bounced back from last week's rare defeat in emphatic fashion on Saturday, storming to victory in the latest edition of Bullet Brawl with 178 points. Nakamura finished 15 points clear of GM Oleksandr Bortnyk and with this win ca... https://www.chess.com/news/view/hikaru-nakamura-wins-bullet-brawl-june-27-2026 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:11:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/hikaru-nakamura-wins-bullet-brawl-june-27-2026 GM Nihal Sarin won the 2026 Bullet Chess Championship after pulling off what once seemed impossible. After taking down GMs Andrew Tang and Arjun Erigaisi in the Losers Bracket, he went on to win back-to-back matches against three-time and defendin... https://www.chess.com/news/view/nihal-wins-2026-bullet-chess-championship Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:11:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/nihal-wins-2026-bullet-chess-championship GM Alireza Firouzja is through to the Grand Final of the 2026 Bullet Chess Championship after winning an exhilarating Winners Final against GM Arjun Erigaisi 13-11, including tiebreaks, this Friday. In the Losers Bracket, three players remain. GM ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-bullet-chess-championship-day-3 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:31:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-bullet-chess-championship-day-3 Young Norwegian FM Havard Haug won his first 3 0 Thursday title June 25, scoring 9.5/11 in the second event of the day. The other winners were more experienced champions. GM Dmitry Andreikin took his second 3 0 Thursday title of the month, defeati... https://www.chess.com/news/view/andreikin-haug-martinez-3-0-thursday-06-25-2026 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:54:01 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/andreikin-haug-martinez-3-0-thursday-06-25-2026 GM Pranesh M began 9/9 and finished 10.5/11 in Freestyle Friday on June 26, his first victory of the year and fourth overall, as the first half of the Freestyle Friday Championship (FFC) came to its conclusion. FFC leader GM Pranav Venkatesh finis... https://www.chess.com/news/view/pranesh-wins-freestyle-friday-june-26-2026 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:15:58 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/pranesh-wins-freestyle-friday-june-26-2026 The race for the presidency of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) officially kicked off on Friday as Wadim Rosenstein announced his long-expected candidacy, hours before fellow German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner entered the competition... https://www.chess.com/news/view/buettner-rosenstein-announce-campaigns-for-fide-presidency Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:18:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/buettner-rosenstein-announce-campaigns-for-fide-presidency GMs Alireza Firouzja and Arjun Erigaisi advanced to the Winners Final of the 2026 Bullet Chess Championship on Thursday. Firouzja won a close match against GM Nihal Sarin 12.5-9.5, while Arjun blew away GM Andrew Tang 16-6. Just six players are le... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-bullet-chess-championship-day-2 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:15:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-bullet-chess-championship-day-2 Chess.com has announced that private markets investment firm CVC Capital Partners has invested in the company, joining existing investor General Atlantic. As Chess.com now enters its third decade, the company says it looks to continue growing the ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/cvc-capital-partners-invests-in-chess-com Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:19:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/cvc-capital-partners-invests-in-chess-com GMs Alireza Firouzja, Nihal Sarin, Andrew Tang, and Arjun Erigaisi won both matches on day one of the 2026 Bullet Chess Championship to advance in the Winners Bracket. The Losers Bracket is full with 12 players, with the first round of elimination... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-bullet-chess-championship-day-1 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:59:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-bullet-chess-championship-day-1 Two months after his incredible Candidates victory, GM Javokhir Sindarov says his life has changed surprisingly little. But the 20-year-old Uzbek star revealed that his approach to chess changed dramatically over the last year. In an interview wi... https://www.chess.com/news/view/sindarov-i-didnt-work-with-chess-that-much-interview Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:01:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/sindarov-i-didnt-work-with-chess-that-much-interview GM Jules Moussard became the latest first-time Titled Tuesday winner on June 23, taking home the tournament by a full point on a 10/11 score. Moussard is the third player to join the ranks of first-time Titled Tuesday victors in 2026, joining GMs ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/moussard-wins-titled-tuesday-june-23-2026 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:32:54 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/moussard-wins-titled-tuesday-june-23-2026 Chess will once again be a part of the world's biggest esports festival, with GM Magnus Carlsen returning to defend his title. The Esports World Cup Chess Finals will take place from August 11 to 15 with a new home in Paris, France, and feature a ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-esports-world-cup-chess-finals-2026 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-esports-world-cup-chess-finals-2026 GM Andy Woodward fought back valiantly to defeat GM Andrew Tang in the Grand Final Reset and deny him the title for the third year in a row in the Chess.com Hyperbullet Championship 2026, which concluded on Friday, June 19. After losing to Tang in... https://www.chess.com/news/view/woodward-wins-2026-hyperbullet-chess-championship Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:55:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/woodward-wins-2026-hyperbullet-chess-championship A Magnus Carlsen game from 2010 and his famous queen sacrifice from the 2016 World Championship match helped shape the central chess battle in The Nation's Gambit, a new Norwegian political thriller, in which every captured piece costs a human lif... https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-games-inspired-the-nations-gambit-chess-thriller Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:11:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-games-inspired-the-nations-gambit-chess-thriller "It's like a dream!" said Dragon Chilling captain GM Ni Hua as the Chinese team added 2026 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship gold medals to their earlier victory in rapid chess. The team, led by GM Ding Liren, beat GM Hans Niemann's Endgame.... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-5 Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:18:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-5 GM Hikaru Nakamura's perfect record in Bullet Brawl in 2026 has finally come to an end courtesy of an exceptional performance by the 17-year-old GM Ediz Gurel. Gurel recorded one of the all-time greatest starts with 17 consecutive wins and clinche... https://www.chess.com/news/view/ediz-gurel-wins-bullet-brawl-june-20-2026 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:13:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/ediz-gurel-wins-bullet-brawl-june-20-2026 GM Magnus Carlsen bounced back from four losses in a row to win his first eight blitz games and wasn't even the highest scorer as WR Chess cruised to victory in Pool A and then eased through to the Quarterfinals of the FIDE World Blitz Team Champi... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-4 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:28:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-4 IM Renato Terry, GM Matthias Bluebaum, and IM Reza Mahdavi were the deserving winners of the hard-fought 3 0 Thursday tournaments on June 18. The all-time leaderboard pacesetter Terry had to overcome the five-time world champion GM Magnus Carlsen ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/terry-bluebaum-mahdavi-3-0-thursday-06-18-2026 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:56:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/terry-bluebaum-mahdavi-3-0-thursday-06-18-2026 GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is your Freestyle Friday winner for June 19, winning six games in a row at one point to claim the tournament outright on nine points, his second of the year and third overall. Tiebreaks separated second-place IM Reza Mahdavi ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/nepomniachtchi-wins-freestyle-friday-june-19-2026 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:56:45 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/nepomniachtchi-wins-freestyle-friday-june-19-2026 GM Ding Liren won in the final round as Dragon Chilling clinched the 2026 World Rapid Team Championship on tiebreaks ahead of silver medalists Team MGD1 (led by GM Arjun Erigaisi) and bronze medalists Hexamind Chess Team (GM Alireza Firouzja). Whe... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-3 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:55:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-3 GM Ding Liren lost to GM Richard Rapport in 177 moves, but Dragon Chilling won the match, took the sole lead, and didn't relinquish it as the team remained unbeaten on day two of the 2026 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships. Team MGD1 moved... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-2 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:23:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-2 GM Richard Rapport's Kazchess and GM Ding Liren's Dragon Chilling are the only teams on a perfect 8/8 after day one of the 2026 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships in Hong Kong. All the other favorites suffered defeat, with top-seed WR... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-1 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:33:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-world-rapid-blitz-team-championships-day-1 GM Alexey Sarana won Titled Tuesday on June 16 with a nearly perfect performance, scoring 10.5/11, with his only non-victory a draw against GM Magnus Carlsen in round eight. Carlsen, playing the full tournament for the first time in weeks, wasn't ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/sarana-wins-titled-tuesday-june-16-2026 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:34:39 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/sarana-wins-titled-tuesday-june-16-2026 GM Magnus Carlsen won the inaugural 2026 ASEAN E-Sports Chess Cup on June 13 and the $8,500 first prize. After finishing at the top of Group A, he went on to defeat GM Andrey Esipenko 2-1 in the Championship Final. The event took place at the Fou... https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-2026-asean-e-sports-chess-cup Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-2026-asean-e-sports-chess-cup GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Le Quang Liem, Matthias Bluebaum, Volodar Murzin and Christopher Yoo are among the players who secured their spots in the inaugural Esports Nations Cup Finals, with at least 82 countries and territories set to be repres... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-esports-nations-cup-regional-qualifiers Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:55:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-esports-nations-cup-regional-qualifiers