Upsets continue to stream in at a staggering rate in round three of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. Several 2700+ grandmasters were eliminated after the second classical game:
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju eliminated by Frederik Svane
GM Ani...
GM Magnus Carlsen overcame mid-match hiccups to overpower GM Fabiano Caruana with a 14.5-7.5 final score and reach the Semifinals of the Speed Chess Championship 2025.
Starting as an overwhelming favorite, Carlsen was actively pursued by Caruana...
GMs Jose Martinez, Alireza Firouzja, and Alexey Sarana won the first three 3 0 Thursday events, which were held on November 13. It was the debut set of tournaments for the most popular time control on Chess.com for titled players. 3 0 Thursday fit...
GM Hans Niemann won Freestyle Friday with a round still to play on November 14, becoming the ninth multi-time winner of the event. Niemann raced out to a 6/6 start before facing his only setback, a seventh-round loss to GM Haik Martirosyan, t...
Capital One won the North American Corporate Chess League Season 12, its second title since the league's inception. IM Craig Hilby led the team on board one, along with Maury Ahram, Alex Cook, Marco Flores, and Haider Munir on the tiebreak board. ...
19-year-old GM Javokhir Sindarov's relentless pressure finally gave him a win over GM Frederik Svane as round five of the 2025 FIDE World Cup began. All the remaining games were drawn, with GM Levon Aronian surviving a fierce attack by GM Arjun Er...
The Collegiate Chess League Fall 2025 Season Playoffs are upon us, and you can join in on the excitement by predicting who wins!
Will SLU defend their championship title, or will Mizzou get their revenge? Will UT Dallas earn their first ch...
You've seen them crawling, and now it's time to see them running! The strongest PogChamps participants in history are gathering to take on new challengers in SuperPogChamps from December 2 to 5. Former chess novices from past PogChamps and strong ...
Second-seed GM Arjun Erigaisi is the only official top-10 player remaining in the 2025 FIDE World Cup after beating GM Peter Leko 2-0 in round-four tiebreaks. GM Daniil Dubov took down 2023 runner-up GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, while GM Andrey E...
The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will reach its conclusion in South Africa next month, and one key question is whether anyone can stop GM Magnus Carlsen from taking the title as the first-ever Freestyle Chess Champion.
The fifth an...
