GM Arjun Erigaisi tops the leaderboard to win the 2024 FIDE Circuit and become the first player to qualify for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, but things are complicated. The 2023 Circuit winner GM Fabiano Caruana and top-10 stars Nodirbek Ab...
After evening the score against GM Pia Cramling with a win the previous day, IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess) has taken a 14-10 lead in the Battle of Generations. He won three consecutive games on Friday, with rook sacrifices in two of them, but Craml...
GM Tan Zhongyi demolished GM Kateryna Lagno in a rare line of the London System to take the sole lead on 2.5 points after three rounds of the 2024 Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix. IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul had won in 17 moves in round two, but was ...
9-year-old British prodigy CM Ethan Pang reached another milestone this week when he achieved an official FIDE rating of 2303, breaking Argentinian star IM Faustino Oro's record as the youngest to pass the 2300 mark and earn the FM title. Pang g...
IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess) bounced back from his loss against GM Pia Cramling in the first classical game to even the score 6-6 in the Battle of Generations. With the black pieces, he generated a powerful attack, but Cramling defended tenaciousl...
Mongolian IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul scored the only win of round two of the 2024 Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix after unleashing the crushing 17...Ba3!! on GM Elisabeth Paehtz, who was left with little choice but to resign after a one-hour game. G...
The biggest chess game in history has concluded. In just 24 moves, GM Viswanathan Anand convincingly defeated nearly 70,000 opponents in the game known simply as Vishy vs. the World. HE'S DONE IT! @vishy64theking 👑🇮🇳Vishy has made chess histor...
A week after winning his fourth U.S. title, GM Fabiano Caruana also won the 2024 Chess 9LX tournament in St. Louis. With 7.5/9 he remained half a point ahead of GM Hikaru Nakamura. Caruana won $30,000 and another $7,500 for finishing in sole first...
The year draws to a close, but we're in for a thrilling last couple of months with a number of chess tournaments to look forward to, headlined by the 2024 World Chess Championship. All eyes are on GM Ding Liren and GM Gukesh Dommaraju, who will ...
Women's World Championship Challenger GM Tan Zhongyi showed she could checkmate with a knight and bishop as she ground down GM Elisabeth Paehtz in 107 moves to start the 2024 Shymkent FIDE Women's Grand Prix with a win. The only two players who al...
GM Pia Cramling continues to lead in the Battle of Generations against IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess) after a draw in the third classical game. She had some initiative in the opening with the black pieces, but Rozman's bishop pair proved to be more ...
It was a good Titled Tuesday for the greats on October 29, with GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Alireza Firouzja claiming victory, each scoring 10 points and avoiding tiebreaks in their win. The two stars also won Titled Tuesday back on July 30 (in the...
GM Fabiano Caruana pulled a Houdini vs. last year's winner GM Sam Sevian to maintain a half-point lead going into the final day of the 2024 Chess 9LX tournament in St. Louis. His closest rival is GM Hikaru Nakamura, who erred twice against GM Garr...
GM Pia Cramling and IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess) drew by repetition in the second classical game of the Battle of Generations, in a game that lasted 14 moves. It turns out both players expected the other to deviate, to avoid the draw, but were stu...
Just days after winning the U.S. Championship for the fourth time, GM Fabiano Caruana also started his 2024 Chess 9LX tournament very well. The St. Louis resident won his three games on the first day, including against GM Hikaru Nakamura, and lead...
SRM added another victory to their winning streak in week five of the 2024 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) Fall Season, reaching a perfect 5-0. Saint Louis defeated Yale and is tied for second with UT Rio Grande Valley. GM Pranesh M and IM L R Sri...
GM Pia Cramling has started the Battle of Generations, her one-on-one match against IM Levy Rozman (GothamChess), with a win in the first classical game. Rozman gained the advantage with the white pieces, but spent about half his remaining time on...
It's about to get wild in here! Hawks and elephants are invading the chessboard for the next installment of the Chess.com Community Championship. The Chess.com Seirawan Chess Championship happens on November 7 and 8 and features a $2,000 prize fun...
Chess.com is excited to announce its first ever baseball bot: introducing one of the sport's most valuable players, Joey Votto! Votto, a six-time All-Star and the National League Most Valuable Player in 2010, spent all 17 Major League seasons of h...
The recently released TV series Rematch, a dramatized version of the legendary matches between GM Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue, was an excellent reason for an interview with the 13th world champion. Although he hadn't see the series just yet...
Third seed Novy Bor Chess Club—featuring GMs Vincent Keymer, David Navara, Thai Dai Van Nguyen, David Anton Guijarro, Nils Grandelius, Vidit Gujrathi, Mateusz Bartel, and Pentala Harikrishna—won the European Chess Club Cup on Saturday ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura came out on top in October's final Bullet Brawl after a tight race with GMs Daniel Naroditsky and Oleksandr Bortnyk on Saturday. Nakamura faced stiff resistance en route to his score of 251 and was fortunate to notch a 17-game s...
Indian star GM Arjun Erigaisi achieved a 2800+ rating for the first time on Thursday, joining a celebrated group of players to break the barrier. We knew it was just a matter of time, but on Thursday the moment finally arrived. Arjun joined the ...
The wait is finally over! Chess fans can now order their English copy of The Chess Revolution by Peter Doggers, one of the world's leading chess journalists. The book is available for English readers around the world. Get your copy here! I...
GM Fabiano Caruana successfully defended his title at the 2024 U.S. Chess Championship, notching a win over GM Sam Shankland in the final round to claim the $62,000 first prize and winner's trophy. Caruana's 7/10 performance gave him a 1.5-point b...
