GM Levon Aronian blundered a piece against 607-point-lower-rated FM Andre Mendez, but still went on to win as top-seed U.S.A. claimed a 3.5-0.5 victory over Panama—GM Wesley So's solid draw cost him a place in the top-10. None of the top see...
We're excited to announce that you can now keep up with players' rating changes in real time right on our Events page! You can also quickly see players' performance ratings for that event. Learn more about these new features and how to turn them o...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the early edition of Titled Tuesday on September 10 with a 9/9 start and 10/11 overall score after defeating both GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, who finished second and third in the strongest Titled Tuesday podiu...
The upcoming 2024 FIDE World Championship between defending champion GM Ding Liren and the youngest challenger in history, GM Gukesh Dommaraju, will have a few differences from previous editions. FIDE has announced the official regulations, i...
The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad has been opened in Budapest, with the games starting Wednesday. As almost 2,000 chess players, from world number-one Magnus Carlsen to over 200 unrated participants, converge on the Hungarian capital, can India, top se...
We all know rubber ducks. They make your bath time more whimsical and magical. But on the chessboard, they bring nothing but chaos and madness. So you better be ready because the next event of the Chess.com Community Championship, the Chess.com Du...
From accused to accomplished: GM Hans Niemann has stormed into the top-20 chess players in the world. On the September 2024 FIDE rating list, the 21-year-old American player has left seasoned grandmasters such as Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagr...
Nine-year-old CM Ethan Pang, the youngest-ever 2200 player, defeated three grandmasters in a recent classical tournament in Hungary and came close to breaking the 2300 rating barrier for the first time.
Pang, who made headlines in July when he b...
GM Magnus Carlsen just won his fourth Speed Chess Championship title, defeating GMs Alireza Firouzja and Hans Niemann along the way.
Firouzja was the runner-up after he stopped GM Hikaru Nakamura from reaching the Title Match for...
GM Magnus Carlsen won his fourth title at the Speed Chess Championship 2024, defeating GM Alireza Firouzja in front of a live audience in Paris. It was a dominant performance with a final score of 23.5-7.5; he lost just five games in four hours, d...