GM Hikaru Nakamura smashed records on Saturday when he scored 75 wins and 276 points to claim his fifth Bullet Brawl crown along with the $400 first prize. After falling short in the previous edition, he was nearly invincible in the two-hour, 106-...
With an unbelievable perfect score on Saturday, GM Magnus Carlsen seized the lead by a three-point margin at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2023. His 9-0 blitz performance plus his victories in the last two rapid games add up to an 11-gam...
Women's World Champion GM Ju Wenjun was surprised in the opening but pounced on the chance to grab a central pawn, leaving challenger GM Lei Tingjie on the ropes in game three of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship in Shanghai. Lei held firm,...
All 16 participants in the 2023 Bullet Chess Championship are now determined. Along with 10 invited players, the six additional spots have been filled—four of them on Friday.
GMs David Paravyan and Denis Lazavik won in Qualifier 2, while G...
In their first-ever tournament encounter, GM Gukesh D. defeated his mentor, GM Viswanathan Anand, on day three of the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2023.
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi shared first for the rapid segment, ...
The 17-year-old IM Eline Roebers gained her first Dutch Women's Championship on Thursday in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She won a double round-robin among four participants. One of them, WIM Arlette van Weersel, withdrew after the fifth round follow...
It’s the amateur event that fueled a massive chess boom, spawned a mountain of memes, and became one of the game’s biggest sensations ever. Now Chess.com is delighted to reveal that its celebrity-packed PogChamps tournament is back for...
After a victoryless day one, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi came back with a vengence today, winning all three of his games to join GMs Viswanathan Anand and Fabiano Caruana in the lead at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2023.
Caruana also ...
GM Jose Martinez and IM Emin Ohanyan won the Qualifier 1 Winners and Losers brackets, respectively, to qualify for the 2023 Bullet Chess Championship main event, which begins on July 17.
In the Winners Bracket, Martinez won a one-sided matc...
Challenger GM Lei Tingjie once again seized the initiative in game two of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship in Shanghai, but a lack of time, and precise defense from reigning champion GM Ju Wenjun, saw the game end in a 40-move draw. The sc...