The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad runs September 11-22 in Budapest, Hungary. In many ways, this is the biggest chess event of the year with 1,893 players representing a record 381 teams across the Open and Women's sections of the competition! IM Rakesh...
Credit for this article goes to Torsten Blass, a professional data analyst who runs The Data Digest, a YouTube channel. You can visit his channel at https://www.youtube.com/@TheDataDigest. The weekly Chess.com event Titled Tuesday has long...
Another busy month at Chess.com is in the books as we turn the page to September and the equinox. The ninth Speed Chess Championship approaches a dramatic conclusion, but that's not all that's happening this month in the world of Chess.com! Here...
A few weeks ago, NM Todd Bryant analyzed the speed of everyone who had ever taken part in the Speed Chess Championship. Since then, the 2024 edition has narrowed down a field of 16 participants to four finalists to compete in P...
As GM Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand and Chess.com are about to embark on a Vote Chess journey together, we recall the first major event where a top grandmaster took on the world in a game of chess. Exactly 25 years ago, back in 1999, GM Garry Kasparov...
This year, Portugal's biggest tournament was overtaken by 12 streamers representing 11 different countries, making the Maia Chess Open the most internationally covered amateur tournament... maybe ever? The Maia Chess Festival in Maia, Porto, enc...
FM Faustino Oro recently made news by becoming the youngest International Master in history. As amazing as that accomplishment is, what he's demonstrated in online play is even more impressive. Let's take a look at Faustino's most amazing achievem...
Would you like to cover live tournaments on your channel? Or even produce a professional broadcast of your event? Our Events page is the perfect tool for you, and you can use it for free! This guide provides you with all the necessary informatio...
Faced with tough questions while hooked up to the polygraph, WFM Anna Cramling was forced to reveal her true feelings about her career path, her grandmaster parents, the dark side of fame... And then she was caught in a lie. After IM Anna Rudolf...
NM Robert Ramirez is not just one of Chessable's top authors, he's also a great coach. Although he did not play competitively until he was 12, Robert became a chess master, earning the title in 2013. Now, he imparts his knowledge as a coach and an...
One of the first things we learn in chess is the enormous power of the queen. Then, after we discover the tricky Scholar's Mate, the importance of the queen reaches a truly mythic proportion in our minds. Not surprisingly, for many inexperienced p...
WFM Lile Koridze was the national youth chess champion of Georgia in several age categories and has since become one of the brightest young new stars of the chess media world. Not many people can rightfully claim to have beaten GM Hikaru Nakamura ...
Two of the chess world's most popular Annas, IM Anna Rudolf and WFM Anna Cramling, sat down for a conversation that was anything but ordinary. The twist? They were hooked up to a polygraph. You have seen it before, but we know you'd like to see ...
Chess engines have forced us to reevaluate many facets of the game. As each generation of engines grows stronger it's worth looking at some of the great moments in chess history to see which brilliancies hold up and which ones don't quite withstan...
It's been another busy month here at Chess.com, from product upgrades, to the Champions Chess Tour, to the latest State of Chess.com address and all sorts of content, community events, bots, and more! Here's to an august August! Here's what this...
The 2024 Speed Chess Championship is at full steam, with many impressive matches already in the cards. Every year the SCC features 16 top players from around the world competing in three ever-quickening time controls. While top GMs can play amazin...
Pictures taken at chess tournaments can tell fascinating stories. Just look at the faces of the players and spectators, and you'll see the whole gamut of human emotions. The Washington Chess Federation has recently posted a brilliant photo on its&...
Chess connected prison inmates around Catalonia (Spain) on July 25 to celebrate the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in a new initiative to promote our sport as an empowering tool. Chess in Prisons Initiatives in Catalonia The 1st Inter-Prisons Tourn...
When you watch CM Volen Dyulgerov, a.k.a. Witty Alien, on stream or have a conversation with him, you can't help but be drawn in by his infectious positivity. Creative not only in his video content but also on the chessboard itself, Dyulgerov is r...
Since the Speed Chess Championship (SCC) debuted in 2016, it's been completely dominated by two players. GM Magnus Carlsen won the first two editions in 2016 and 2017. After that, GM Hikaru Nakamura won five years in a row before Carlsen took back...
Tom Shupe is a US Chess Expert and the founder of MVP Chess, with the mission of providing high-value chess coaching at an affordable price. Tom started playing competitively in adulthood and overcame a physical disability to attain a national rat...
July 20 is International Chess Day, and few games are played more broadly worldwide than chess. At the last Chess Olympiad in 2022, 186 nations sent more than 1,700 players to compete. Estimates of the number of players globally usually range from...
International Chess Day is almost upon us! This is the perfect opportunity for us to celebrate the joy of chess together. It doesn't matter where you live or who you are; we're all united by our love for the game. At Chess.com, we're proud to wo...
What separates a chess beginner from an experienced player? It's not just the brilliant moves that the star players find, it's also the bad moves that beginners play, which veteran players instinctively know to avoid. Here are five trades that ama...
