Girls who start with the same age and rating as boys will continue to play chess at a similar rate and at a similar level as those boys, especially in areas where participation is more gender-balanced. A new study, published in Chance and co-funde...
We're excited to announce the next event of the Chess.com Community Championships. The Chess.com Crazyhouse Chess Championship starts on November 6 and features a $2,500 prize fund. Featuring a variant where initiative is everything, get ready for...
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju leads the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown with four points after a possible six on day one. After losing game one against GM Magnus Carlsen, he had the best day, scoring three wins and two draws in his remaini...
GM Hans Niemann demolished former World Champion Ding Liren 18-6 to reach the Speed Chess Championship 2025 Quarterfinals. Ding's first win came in game 12, when a 10-1 scoreline had already made a comeback all but impossible. Niemann will now fac...
SuperChess, the Romanian club with an in-form world champion on top board, won the European Club Cup in Rhodes, Greece, on Saturday. Scoring an undefeated 4/5, GM Gukesh Dommaraju is back in the world's top 10. Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo won t...
GM Javokhir Sindarov collected his first Bullet Brawl title and the event's $400 first prize after outpacing seven challengers on Saturday. Sindarov posted a score of 159 and eclipsed IM Yoseph Taher, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, and IM Reza Mahdavi for ...
GM Fabiano Caruana and IM Carissa Yip repeated their U.S. Championship victories once again on Friday in St. Louis. Caruana tied GM Bobby Fischer's record of four consecutive U.S. titles, earning $76,000, while Yip has now won it three times back-...
IM Renato Terry won Freestyle Friday on October 24 by taking his last six games, breaking a tie with GM Jules Moussard in the final round by winning head-to-head with Black. The win was Terry's second in Freestyle Friday, the first coming back in ...
GM Fabiano Caruana kept his half-point lead over GM Wesley So as both top GMs won their game in the penultimate round of the 2025 U.S. Chess Championship on Thursday in St. Louis. GM Levon Aronian drew his game and is now a point behind So.…
With two rounds to go at the 2025 U.S. Chess Championship in St. Louis, GM Fabiano Caruana is the sole leader thanks to a win against GM Sam Shankland on Wednesday. In the only other decisive game, GM Hans Niemann recovered from back-to-back ...