GM Alireza Firouzja defeated GM Fabiano Caruana in the first quarterfinal match of the Speed Chess Championship 2024 with an overwhelming score of 14.5-8.5. He is the first player to qualify for the Semifinals that will be held live in Paris.
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British tennis star Henry Patten, fresh off his Wimbledon doubles victory, opened up about his passion for chess in an exclusive interview with Chess.com and revealed the game has sharpened his mind and benefited his tennis career.
Patten is a B...
GM Magnus Carlsen-led WR Chess Team beat GM Arjun Erigaisi's Team MGD1 in the final to win the 2024 World Blitz Team Championship. They won all seven matches in the group stages, cruised to the Quarterfinals, then defeated GMHans.com (GM Hans Niem...
15-year-old IM Shreyas Royal, who faced eviction from the United Kingdom eight years ago due to his father's expiring work visa, has now achieved his dream of becoming the youngest British chess grandmaster in history.
Royal is set to beco...
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-y...
GM Daniil Dubov's only win of the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships saw his team Al-Ain ACMG UAE take gold in a nailbiting finish. World Champion Ding Liren's Decade China Team took silver, with Pang Bo scoring 11/11 on board six, wh...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won his 26th Bullet Brawl title and the $400 first prize after scoring 268 points and staving off a challenge from GM Daniel Naroditsky (253) on Friday. Rounding out the podium and claiming the $150 third prize was GM Andrew Tan...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen bounced back to beat GMs Daniil Dubov and Ding Liren on day two of the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships, but his team WR Chess trails Al-Ain ACMG UAE by three points. GM Parham Maghsoodloo was the sta...
GM Luca Moroni Jr. has been crowned as Chess.com's top wizard after toppling IM Nhat Minh To in a grandfinal reset in the 2024 Spell Chess Championship. Moroni, who was the only GM to qualify for the knockout, won $600 for his first-place finish a...
GM Richard Rapport scored a stunning victory over World Rapid Champion Magnus Carlsen as WR Chess, the defending champions and heavy favorites to win the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships, sank to a 1-5 loss to fourth-seeded Chessy. ...