GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Wesley So contested their third Speed Chess Championship Final match today, a much anticipated duel after each secured thrilling semi-final victories. Nakamura defeated GM Ding Liren in armageddon in likely the most epic ...
GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Viswanathan Anand are the biggest names at the seventh Vugar Gashimov Memorial which got underway on Saturday. This year, the tournament is a combination of rapid and blitz chess.
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It's almost the end of the year, and what a year it has been! With so much good news for the chess world, there's certainly a lot to celebrate. To make sure we commemorate this year properly, we invite you to cast your votes. This…
In the last semifinal match of the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event, GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated GM Ding Liren in the culminating Armageddon game after an unforgettable, back-and-forth, and epic four-hour struggle. The five-time U.S. Champ...
With what was the quickest draw in the match so far, GM Magnus Carlsen consolidated his three-point lead in the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship on Wednesday. After a bit more than two hours, the world champion split the point with challeng...
Another season of Chess.com's premier streaming event, Arena Kings, is in the books. Season 8 concluded on Wednesday, December 15, with GM Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru) winning the Championship Final and earning the $4,000 prize for first place. Nakam...
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With a victory in the final round, GM Jose Martinez won Titled Tuesday on December 14 with a score of 10/11. Coming in second place was last week's victor, GM Jeffery Xiong, with 9.5/11. GM Alexey Sarana and NM Valery Sviridov had the best tiebrea...
The third season of the Collegiate Chess League has finally come to an end, and a new team has earned the Division 1 championship title along with $5,000 of the $25,000 prize pool. The Finals Weekend was the most dramatic finish yet with prize mon...
FM Mike Klein, Chess.com's onsite correspondent at the 2021 FIDE World Championship and the Chief Chess Officer of ChessKid, caught up with GM Ian Nepomniachtchi for an interview a couple of days after the match with GM Magnus Carlsen. Feel free t...