Chess.com is excited to announce our newest partnership with viral Portal sculptures as we celebrate the upcoming International Chess Day with our Portals x Chess.com event. On July 20, starting at 10 a.m. ET / 16:00 CEST, players in Dublin, Lubli...
Team Liquid's chess roster just got even stronger. The Dutch esports powerhouse has added world number-four GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu to their ranks, joining superstar GMs Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.
The 19-year-old Indian prodigy was...
The first set of players have been eliminated from the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup, and 11 players advanced through tiebreaks into an even more challenging round two. The advancing players are WIM Priyanka K, WIM Anahita Zahedifar, IM Klaudia Kulo...
Vietnamese GM Liem Le has won the 2025 Leon Masters after denying Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand an 11th title by winning their final match 3-1. Le beat local hero GM Jaime Santos in the Semifinals, while Anand defeated 11-year-old Arg...
After game two of the first round in the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup, 52 players are confirmed for round two. Those who won their matches will enjoy a rest day on Tuesday, while we will see 11 pairs of players fighting for their spots…
Kids vs. Stars will return for its fifth edition on July 5, starting at 12 p.m. ET / 18:00 CEST / 9:30 p.m. IST. This time, world-class commentator GM David Howell will take on four young prodigies to try to keep the stars' win streak…
GM Magnus Carlsen struggled on the final day but still won the 2025 SuperUnited Croatia Rapid & Blitz with a round to spare and a 2.5-point margin. GM Wesley So took second place after winning a crazy game against GM Fabiano Caruana in the fin...
The first day of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup wasn't the star-studded affair that it should have been, as the top 21 seeds received a bye to proceed directly to the second round. So, it was a low-key start for the event with 107…
Nine-year-old CM Ashwath Kaushik from Singapore has added another milestone to his young chess career by sensationally scoring his first international master (IM) norm at the 10th Marina Viva Porticcio Open in Corsica, France. Ashwath is just the ...
24 hours after winning his fifth Freestyle Friday, GM Hikaru Nakamura returned to Chess.com's servers to capture his 43rd Bullet Brawl title in a commanding fashion. Nakamura and GM Andrew Tang broke away from the 135-strong field on Saturday, how...