GM Gata Kamsky, a former FIDE world championship challenger and world number-four, spoke earnestly about his difficult past with Ilya Levitov in an interview made available in English last week (originally recorded in October). The most intimate t...
Titled Tuesday set a participation record for the third straight week on January 21, with 996 players joining, the most of the doubles era (since February 1, 2022). GM Hikaru Nakamura won his second straight Titled Tuesday in the event with tiebre...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has criticized Freestyle Chess for branding its upcoming Grand Slam tour as a "World Championship," claiming the move threatens to divide the chess community and warning of potential legal action.
The on...
GMs Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is the sole leader of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters on 3.5/4 after making it three wins in a row by smoothly outplaying GM Leon Luke Mendonca. GM Pentala Harikrishna scored the day's most beautiful win after sacri...
Missouri and Saint Louis were the first victors of the Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 (CCL) as the fresh season kicked off on Saturday.
The returning champion Missouri team defeated Virginia by a massive 11-point margin. Their bottom ...
GMs Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored the only wins in round three of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters to take the lead on 2.5/3. Praggnanandhaa outplayed GM Arjun Erigaisi in a strategic masterpiece, while Abdusattorov s...
No one has a perfect score after round two of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, but GMs Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu all won to join GMs Gukesh Dommaraju and Vincent Keymer in the lead on 1.5/2. There coul...
GM Daniel Naroditsky snatched victory from GMs Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja and secured his third straight Bullet Brawl title after chalking up two five-move wins over CM Volen Dyulgerov and Firouzja in the dying seconds of the arena. Narod...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju has won his first game as world champion despite staring defeat in the face against GM Anish Giri in round one of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters. Giri blundered last, while Gukesh's world championship helpers GMs Vincent Key...
GM Hikaru Nakamura and Kick are thrilled to present Chess 4 The Masses Sponsored by Kick, a two-tournament event for untitled players that will begin on January 22 at 2:00 p.m. ET/18:00 CET, following in the footsteps of past collaborations betwee...