In Saturday's fourth round, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov maintained his half-point lead at the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament with a third consecutive win. The Uzbek GM defeated GM Michael Adams as Black but saw his main rival GM Alireza Firo...
GM Ediz Gurel capped off a tremendous November in the Bullet Brawl arena by picking up his third $400 win of the month on Saturday. Gurel won 49 games, drew three, and lost 13, amassing a winning score of 167 points in the process.
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GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov's second win in a row, this time over GM Nikita Vitiugov, has given him the sole lead in the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament on 2.5/3 after the remaining games were drawn. GM Michael Adams took a draw by repetition...
GM Arjun Erigaisi joined the five-time Freestyle Friday winner's club after clinching November's final event with a score of 10/11. GM Hans Niemann, who was the only player to topple Arjun, went undefeated; however, three draws relegated him to se...
The 2025 FIDE World Cup is over, with a month of frenetic chess action whittling 206 players down to just one, GM Javokhir Sindarov. The 19-year-old star is both the youngest and lowest-seeded player ever to win the World Cup, earning him a hero's...
GM Denis Lazavik, GM Magnus Carlsen, and IM Renato Terry won the third week of 3 0 Thursday events, which were held on November 27.
The first two tournaments were fought mainly between Carlsen and GM Hikaru Nakamura, while the third event p...
Top seed GM Alireza Firouzja profited from a big blunder by GM Luke McShane to score a win with the black pieces in round two of the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament. Firouzja now shares the lead with GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who used 34(!...
An exciting first round at the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament saw all games ending in draws, but not without quite a bit of fighting chess on the boards. GM Sam Shankland was fortunate to get away with a draw against GM Alireza Firou...
19-year-old Uzbek GM Javokhir Sindarov has won the 2025 FIDE World Cup and the $120,000 top prize after beating GM Wei Yi 1.5-0.5 in tiebreaks. Sindarov missed a one-move chance to win with White in the first tiebreak game, but he made no mistake ...
The ChessBrahs, GMs Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton, stopped by the Las Vegas Grand Prix race on November 20-22. The grandmasters manned a Chess.com booth at the race, playing with fans, drivers, and celebrities alike!
Racecar drivers are competi...