Round five of Norway Chess 2023 was a dramatic turning point as GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat GM Fabiano Caruana with Black in the classical portion. With a win over GM Aryan Tari, GM Hikaru Nakamura regained the world number-two spot for the firs...
Chess.com and the nonprofit Lide Haiti raised $42,794 to empower at-risk adolescent girls in Haiti (including via chess programs) during a star-studded live event featuring Rainn Wilson on Friday.
The June 2 event—hosted by IM Danny Rensch...
A heavily decisive round one with four victories out of five games commenced the Cairns Cup 2023 on Saturday. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk scored her first-ever classical victory vs. GM Humpy Koneru, the second-highest-rated woman in the world. GM ...
GM Fabiano Caruana continues to surge in Norway Chess 2023 and in the world rankings after defeating GM Alireza Firouzja with Black in the classical game. He leads the tournament by four points (!) with 10.5/12 and overtakes Firouzja as number two...
Pavel Kirs, the organizer of one of the biggest open tournaments in the Czech Republic, was forced to make a U-turn after facing heavy criticism and intervention by FIDE as he initially refused to accept registrations from Ukrainians with military...
After winning his second classical game, against GM Aryan Tari, GM Fabiano Caruana extends his lead in Norway Chess 2023 to a point and a half above the field with 7.5/9.
Besides the aforementioned game, Thursday was a good day to play the ...
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s superhero chess! Take on the superhero computers, and join the fight against a grandmaster turned supervillain.
Meet the Chesstice League: Mighty Martin, The Green Pawn, Deadlost, Blunder Woman, ...
After both winning with Black in their classical games, GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Hikaru Nakamura are half a point behind GM Fabiano Caruana, who takes the sole lead in Norway Chess 2023 with 4.5 points after defeating GM Anish Giri in armaged...