One year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine and started a war that has been going on much longer than expected and that is probably not ending soon. In March of 2022, Chess.com spoke to several Ukrainian chess players about how the terrible developments ...
On Thursday, the Shanghai Tigers again proved themselves to frontrunners, reaching 2-0 by taking down Blitz―the team with the highest rated lineup in week two of the Pro Chess League. Meanwhile, Team MGD1 bounced back to defeat three-time champion...
Round seven may be a turning point in the WR Chess Masters 2023 as GM Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated the tournament leader, GM Levon Aronian, with the black pieces. Nepomniachtchi slips into a tie for second place with GM Wesley So, who drew GM R Pra...
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk was crowned as the winner of the second leg of the 2022/2023 FIDE Women's Grand Prix on Monday with a score of 7.5/11 despite losing her final game to WGM Zhu Jiner.
Peace was the theme of the final round in Munich…
A chess player was expelled from the Romanian Chess Championship after a phone was found in the restroom with a chess app showing his game's position after move 15. Although certain information on the phone strongly suggested it was his, the playe...
Two teams, the Levitov Chess Wizards and the Garden State Passers recorded comfortable victories in the second week of the Pro Chess League on Wednesday after gaining momentum from their respective board fours defeating their opponent's board ones...
GM Levon Aronian nearly extended his lead with a win on Wednesday in the WR Chess Masters 2023, but GM Wesley So escaped the danger and drew the game. With draws in all five games of round six, leaving the order of the standings unchanged,…
GM Hikaru Nakamura won his third consecutive Titled Tuesday in the early tournament on February 21. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave followed up with a win in the late tournament. Both won with 9.5 points out of 11.
GM Fabiano Caruana was another top p...
In the likely event that the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) will join the Asian Chess Federation (ACF), Russian chess players can start representing a European chess federation immediately without any restrictions or transfer fees. The FIDE Coun...
The Indian Yogis and the Brazil Capybaras emerged victorious from their matches in the Pro Chess League on Tuesday after a day of grueling chess and an epic boilover.
Staring down the barrel of a 5.5-6.5 deficit, the Yogis clutched up with a 4-0...