GMs Hans Niemann and Fabiano Caruana move on to the Quarterfinals of the Speed Chess Championship 2024 after defeating, respectively, GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alexey Sarana in the last two round of 16 matches of the season.
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The world's official top two blitz players, GMs Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja, won the two Titled Tuesday tournaments on July 30. Firouzja won the early tournament, his third victory of the year, and Carlsen took his fifth win late.
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With just over half the year behind us, 2024 has already treated us to several masterpieces on the 64 squares. In this article, we review the seven best games of the year so far.
The games are listed in sequential order, starting with the beginn...
You can now play chess against Wallows, the indie rock band composed of Braeden Lemasters, Cole Preston, and Dylan Minnette. Their new bot is now available on our Play Computer page in the Musicians section.
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GM Alireza Firouzja kicked off his Speed Chess Championship 2024 campaign in style with a 13.5-10.5 Round of 16 victory over GM Alexander Grischuk in a match that was packed to the brim with enterprising opening play and time scrambles.
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Twitch streamer and IM Yoseph Theolifus Taher became the ninth player to win Bullet Brawl, scoring 72.5/86 and securing the $400 first prize ahead of GM Daniel Naroditsky on International Chess Day. Peru's IM Renato Terry picked up the $150 third ...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu finally won a classical game at the 2024 Biel Chess Festival as he defeated GM Sam Shankland to reenter the world top-10. It was almost a perfect day for the family as Vaishali Rameshbabu was on the brink of beating GM...
Chess.com is happy to announce that the next edition of State of Chess.com will be held on August 1 at 1 p.m. ET / 19:00 CEST / 9:30 p.m. IST. We invite you to tune in to our Twitch and YouTube channels to hear what…
Bullet Brawl's third most prolific winner GM Oleksandr Bortnyk added a seventh title to his resume and won $400 after outlasting Chess.com hyperbullet champion GM Andrew Tang and 21-time Bullet Brawl winner GM Daniel Naroditsky on Saturday. 14-yea...
GM Magnus Carlsen crushed GM Tuan Minh Le with a dominating 20.5-3.5 score in a one-sided contest in the first match of the second day of the 2024 Speed Chess Championship. But the day belonged to the former world championship contender GM Ian Nep...