The Collegiate Chess League (CCL) is back for another thrilling season, and registrations for Spring 2026 are officially open! Once again, the CCL will boast a $25,000 prize fund and the exciting four vs. four team format that fans and players lov...
Chess.com's very own Chief Chess Officer (and commentator extraordinaire, bestselling author, and more) IM Danny Rensch will be playing Santa Claus of sorts in a special, Christmas-themed stream on December 23 starting at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.&nbs...
GM Alireza Firouzja won a dramatic game against GM Viswanathan Anand as the Triveni Continental Kings beat the Ganges Grandmasters 14-5 to cruise into the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025 Final. Who they face will be decided on Monday's fina...
GM Jeffery Xiong joined Bullet Brawl's illustrious two-time winners' club after outlasting GM Oleksandr Bortnyk and finishing atop Saturday's event. The 25-year-old American flirted with danger during the two-hour arena and defeated no fewer than ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura's Fyers American Gambits beating GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's upGrad Mumba Masters 16-1 was the standout result of day seven of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025. That meant the Mumba Masters failed to catch the leaders,...
Queen of Chess, a new documentary about the legendary GM Judit Polgar, has been selected for the prestigious 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Days after the announcement, it was also revealed that streaming giant Netflix has acquired the rights and wi...
The rivals of GM Alireza Firouzja finally struck back on day six, with GM Fabiano Caruana ending a five-game winning streak before Firouzja also lost to World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju. Triveni Continental Kings still won that second match to lead...
GM Magnus Carlsen is not inevitable but, more often than not, he seems to be. The December 19 edition of Freestyle Friday was no exception, as Carlsen won his last four games in a come-from-behind victory. Carlsen won with 9.5 points, outlast...
IM Karina Ambartsumova has won a prize as the top woman in a 3 0 Thursday all six weeks since the event began, while IM Renato Terry has won one of the three weekly tournaments for each of the last five weeks. Both players continued…
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) approved the lifting of sanctions on Russia and Belarus following an online General Assembly, but the proceedings have been criticized by several federations, and the world governing chess body could face ...