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...
GM Andrew Tang achieved his third Bullet Brawl victory of the year on Saturday. He started and ended the tournament with winning streaks, ultimately scoring 68 wins and 241 points.
With a 24-game winning run, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk was close...
GM Hikaru Nakamura finished third in the Speed Chess Championship 2024 after defeating GM Hans Niemann in the consolation match 21-9. He won all three segments, making his greatest gains in the 3+1 and 1+1 segments. The title match between GM...
GM Alireza Firouzja is the first player ever to deny GM Hikaru Nakamura from playing in the Speed Chess Championship Final. He won a one-sided match 16-11 to defeat the five-time champion, who had only lost previously against GM Magnus Carlsen.&nb...
GM Alireza Firouzja was crowned as the winner of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup and the Grand Chess Tour on Wednesday after securing a draw with GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and finishing on 6/9. Following his round-one defeat to the winner, GM Fab...
Eight years after a freak accident left him paralyzed, Noland Arbaugh is not only playing chess with the help of a chip in his brain but he's also invited by Chess.com to attend the Speed Chess Championship Finals in Paris and meet the world's che...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is moving from its traditional 21-round Swiss format in the 2024 World Blitz Championship in New York, introducing a combined Swiss and knockout format.
Just a week after FIDE announced a change of sched...
French WGM Andreaa Navrotescu achieved a feat that not even GM Magnus Carlsen could achieve before her. She won an event with a perfect 9/9 score.
Chess.com regularly covers impressive performances from the chess world, but there are times when ...
Four-time World Champion Ju Wenjun won the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship after defeating IM Polina Shuvalova in the Final. The final score was 12.5-9.5 and Ju won every one of the three segments by a point.
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