GM Hikaru Nakamura took his first Titled Tuesday in the new system on September 23, entering the top four of the Champions Chess Tour standings. Other than two quick draws in the seventh and eighth rounds, he scored every possible point on his way...
Argentina’s IM Faustino Oro has scored his first grandmaster norm after a stunning 6/7 start to the Legends & Prodigies 2025 tournament in Madrid, Spain. Only World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju has ever scored a GM norm at a younger age and...
Hawks and elephants are storming the chessboard once again in the next event of the Chess.com Community Championship. The Seirawan Chess Championship takes place on October 2 and 3, featuring a $2,000 prize pool.
Seirawan Chess is the brainchild...
Chess will return as a stadium sport at the Checkmate: USA vs India match in Arlington, Texas, on October 4. The organizers said they hope to capture both die-hard chess fans and the broader chess audience with some fascinating new experiments.
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