The second set of Titled Tuesday tournaments of 2024 was won by GMs Eduardo Iturrizaga and Daniil Dubov on January 9. A total of 733 participants in the first tournament was easily the most since Titled Tuesday was split into two tournaments, smas...
GM-elect Vaishali Rameshbabu has clinched one of India's most prestigious awards thanks to her chess prowess, while her brother GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu has secured new backing from an Indian billionaire. Their maestro trainer GM R.B Ramesh is...
GM Magnus Carlsen's title defense is alive and well after the first day of play at the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship when the Norweigian favorite scored 4.5/5. Carlsen is joined by GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Yu Yangyi, Vidit Gujrathi, and Ivan...
World Champion Ding Liren seems ready and eager to return to the chessboard for his first classical chess tournament in eight months. "I am much better than maybe two or three months ago," he said in an interview with Chess.com, a few days ahead o...
The exceptional feat of eight-year-old Roman Shogdzhiev, triumphing over five grandmasters in the World Rapid and Blitz Championships, earned him praise from his idol, GM Magnus Carlsen.
Carlsen's double victory in the recently concluded event i...
GM Tuan Minh Le started 2024 in style with a victory in one of the most stacked Bullet Brawl arenas ever held. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Daniel Naroditsky, who finished in second and third respectively, were tested by super-GMs Anish Giri, Maxime Va...
GM Magnus Carlsen was included in FIDE's full lineup for the Candidates tournament this week, but in an exclusive interview with Chess.com the former world champion says that he is formally turning down the invitation to play in Toronto.
This we...
In video footage from the recently concluded 2023 World Rapid Championship held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Poland's number one GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda refused to shake hands with Russian GM Denis Khismatullin before their game in round one.
T...
The people have spoken! Over 16,000 voters chose the best games, moves, creators, and all things chess in 2023. Now, it's time for us to reveal the winners of the 2023 Chess.com Awards.
GM Magnus Carlsen at the Champions Chess Tour Finals, one...
FM Yosha Iglesias has etched her name in chess history as the first-ever transgender player to fulfill all the requirements for the woman international master title. The title has not been conferred yet and is pending FIDE's approval.
The French...