We're a few days away from the second season of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, taking place October 3-11 in London. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand, Hou Yifan, and Vaishali Rameshbabu are among the players in what is...
GM Alireza Firouzja has advanced to play GM Magnus Carlsen in the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024 Division I Grand Final. GM Levon Aronian showed tremendous form when he defeated GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1.5-0.5 but was met with an immovable Firo...
Chess.com is excited to announce the second edition of Team Chess Battle. Starting on October 7, the banter-fueled event will feature a $10,000 prize fund and some of the biggest celebrities in chess.
The event continues with its entertaining fo...
At just 13 years of age, GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus has become the youngest-ever player to record a rating of 2600, demolishing the previous record by close to a year. Upon returning to school in Turkiye, he received a hero's welcome.
The Turkish pr...
GM Magnus Carlsen staved off a spirited challenge from GM Alireza Firouzja to prevail with a score of 2.5-1.5 in the Winners Bracket Finals of the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024. He will now face the Losers Bracket winner in the tournament's ulti...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the 10th edition of the Gashimov Memorial on Saturday in Susha, Azerbaijan. The Russian grandmaster, who played in the tournament for the first time, finished ahead of GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. ...
The underdogs roared as the 2024 Collegiate Chess League Fall (CCL) began on Saturday. The bottom boards led Saint Louis to victory over Athens. In an even bigger twist, Virginia defeated the top seeded Missouri team.
Boards three and four, GM D...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is one win away from his 30th Bullet Brawl title after stringing together a 42-game winning streak during Saturday's event and claiming the $400 first prize. Nakamura's 75/78 performance earned him a score of 284, 16 points clea...
GM Magnus Carlsen's dramatic match against GM Levon Aronian and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's brilliant attacking masterpiece against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi were the highlights of day four of the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024.
GM Alireza Firouzja...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Levon Aronian, and Alexander Grischuk advance to the Winners Semifinals of the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024, after respectively defeating GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladimir Fedoseev, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, a...