Top seeds GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Ju Wenjun commence battle in the 2023 FIDE World Cup in Wednesday's round two, but first there were 33 places to be decided in tiebreaks. It took six hours, with 18-year-old local star GM Aydin Su...
Every month, there is a renaissance of sorts on Chess.com, when we release our new bots. Is chess an art? It will be when you play this month's artist bots!
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Registration is now open for the Fall 2023 season of the Collegiate Chess League! This event returns with the CCL's tried-and-tested 4 vs. 4 team format and a $25,000 prize fund.
If you're a university student who loves chess and wants to r...
Another avalanche of unexpected plot twists marked the fourth day of PogChamps 5.
Squeex defeated Jinnitty in his debut, later losing a close match with Tyler1. Like a superhero from any given movie, Sapnap defeated his overpowered opponent Wirt...
Peruvian IM Gianmarco Leiva survived a 136-move thriller to knock GM Anton Demchenko out of the 2023 FIDE World Cup, but that was a rare success for an underdog. The favorites hit back, including GM Velimir Ivic, who smoothly outplayed 14-year-old...
GM Hikaru Nakamura clinched the Bullet Chess Championship 2023 on Friday, shutting down GM Magnus Carlsen's comeback in overtime in an epic Grand Final.
Back in Norway with his home setup, Carlsen switched into another gear and went on a t...
14-year-old IM Ediz Gurel found a brilliant sacrifice to take down GM Velimir Ivic as the 2023 FIDE World Cup kicked off in Baku. Top seeds such as GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Ju Wenjun start their campaigns from Wedn...
Ukraine's GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won July's final Bullet Brawl after chalking up 70 wins in the two-hour arena en route to an insurmountable 261 score. His journey to the top was marked by a 26-game win streak in the final 30 minutes of the event.…
With trash talk, surprise checkmates, and ruthless king hunts, the competitors went all out on day three of PogChamps 5.
Franks-is-heres inspired himself into victory vs. the ever-calm Sykkuno, tying with CDawgVA for first in Group A. Sapnap def...
IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, more commonly known as Sara Khadem, gained Spanish citizenship on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Iranian international master, who left her native country Iran, is now the number-one woman player by rating in her new home...