Chess.com's newest event, BlitzChamps, the most ambitious crossover of 2022, commenced on Saturday, pitting six NFL all-stars against each other over the chess board in a bid for $100,000 for their favorite charity.
Split into two groups of thre...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi increased his lead to two points and only needs a draw on Sunday to clinch the 2022 Candidates Tournament. After drawing his game with GM Hikaru Nakamura in just seven minutes today he saw GM Ding Liren, his closest rival, lo...
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GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won week 20 of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, starting the tournament with a 5-0 winning streak.
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GM Tan Zhongyi defeated IM Polina Shuvalova in their round of 16 match of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Friday. Tan's solid play, board awareness, and speed proved to be too impervious even for Shuvalova's excell...
The 2022 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship, presented by Landover.io, came to a conclusion on Thursday with an exhilarating grand finale between IM Eric Rosen and FM James Canty III, which culminated in a 12-9 victory for Rosen.
Rosen was ab...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is on the brink of winning the 2022 Candidates Tournament after beating GM Alireza Firouzja with the black pieces on Thursday. The French-Iranian grandmaster was over-ambitious and put up poor resistance, having played online...
GM Harika Dronavalli defeated WGM Deysi Cori in their round of 16 match of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Thursday. The players' complementing tactical styles led to many explosive duels. Especially in the 3+1 blitz se...
A report in Russian media that GM Magnus Carlsen has agreed to defend his world championship title against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi under a new match format with fewer classical games is "totally inaccurate," according to FIDE Director General Emil S...
GM Humpy Koneru edged out GM Nana Dzagnidze in their round of 16 match of the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Wednesday. The match was so close that the score was still tied with just five minutes on the match clock. In…