World number-one Magnus Carlsen exploited a blunder by IM Samant Aditya S to win a third game in four rounds and catch GM Hikaru Nakamura, who was held to a draw by GM David Paravyan. With three rounds to go the favorites are half a…
Both matches in the 2023 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship Semifinals went to overtime. IM Polina Shuvalova defeated IM Lawrence Trent 14-11 and will face IM Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in the Final.
Between the ebb and flow of ...
Reigning champion GM Fabiano Caruana has successfully defended his title at the 2023 U.S. Championship, clinching the tournament with a round to spare and a 1.5 lead over the field. The now three-time U.S. Champion took a fitting path to firs...
Chess.com is excited to announce that we will be hosting the 2023 U.S. Collegiate Rapid and Blitz Championships. The rapid championship will be held on October 29 and the blitz championship on November 5.
Registration is underway and contin...
IM Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) traveled to the underworld and back in the 2023 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship Semifinals on Monday. He ultimately won his tumultuous match vs. IM Greg Shahade 13-11.
After incurring a three-poi...
GM Simon Williams has been found liable by the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman in the U.K. and ordered to repay over £730,000 (currently roughly $890k) to a pension scheme of which he was the sole trustee.
The popular 43-year-old British g...
In the heart of Budapest at Judit Polgar's ninth Global Chess Festival 2023, the Hungarian duo, Team Mighty Fox, claimed victory in the festival's invitational triathlon event, bagging $4,000 in prize money in the process.
The winning team, comp...
Chess.com’s top event for women, the $70,000 Julius Baer Women’s Speed Chess Championship, is back next month and this time with a big-name sponsor and six of the strongest players on the planet.
Defending champion GM Kateryna Lagno ...
GM Fabiano Caruana cemented his lead by defeating GM Hans Niemann—the player who's been chasing him since round four—on day nine of the 2023 U.S. Championship. Though Caruana is a full point ahead, GMs Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez, and...
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) and Saint Louis University (SLU) convincingly won their matchups against Yale University and The University of Chicago (UChicago), respectively, in the fourth week of the SIG-sponsored 2023 Collegi...