GM Magnus Carlsen, perhaps the greatest player to ever play the game, has become a father for the first time. The five-time world champion and his wife Ella Victoria Carlsen have welcomed their first child on September 27.
The joyful news was fi...
"HN" won another Titled Tuesday on September 30, but this time it was GM Hans Niemann who took home the victory, while last week's winner GM Hikaru Nakamura was runner-up this week. Only two draws kept the undefeated Niemann from a perfect score, ...
FM James Canty III is the Super Heavyweight Chessboxing World Champion after winning two chess-and-boxing bouts in the 7th World Chessboxing Championships in Loznica, Serbia. He ducked and weaved in the ring and was just too fast for his opponents...
Last season, Saint Louis University, SLU, won the Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 (CCL) in convincing fashion. On September 30, they began their title defense by winning their first match of the Collegiate Chess League Fall 2025 just as convin...
GM Anish Giri played a perfect slow, grinding game to defeat GM Hans Niemann and win the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss with 8/11. Giri takes the $90,000 top prize and earns a spot in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, where he'll be joined by GM…
In round that barely lasted two hours, we saw two draws in both semifinal matches of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals. The scores, in GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu vs. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and GM Fabiano Caruana vs. GM Levon Aronian, remain eq...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced a change to its rating regulations that will already take effect on October 1, removing the so-called 400-point rule for players rated above 2650. The change was triggered by GM Hikaru Nakamu...
Enough with do-or-die from move one—steer the game toward strategic waters that you understand with the new Anna Cramling's 1.d4 - Part 1 course!
Great strategists like GM Magnus Carlsen have taken over the chess world with their calm and ...
The Speed Chess Championship (SCC) is back, and drama is guaranteed as the event will reignite the fiercest rivalries in chess today. Starting October 13, the championship will once again pit GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Hans Niemann a...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu blundered with a second on his clock to turn a promising position into a pawn-down endgame, but GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave missed a win as their 2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals semifinal began with a draw. The other match-...