We're excited to announce the final event of this year's Chess.com Community Championships, the Chess.com Fog of War Chess Championship! The event starts on December 11 and features a $2,500 prize fund.
Fog of War chess is not a variant fo...
The FIDE World Cup dominated chess headlines in November, leading to several changes in the December 2025 FIDE rating list. No one benefited more than quarterfinalist GM Jose Martinez, known primarily for his Titled Tuesday and other online blitz ...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov made it a magnificent five wins in a row at the London Chess Classic Elite Tournament after GM Sam Shankland went astray in a razor-sharp position. Abdusattorov now has a 1.5-point lead over GM Alireza Firouzja, who had to...
The Academy Award-winning animated short War Is Over!, a film in which an emotional game of correspondence chess becomes a lifeline between two soldiers on opposite sides of a battlefield, was released on YouTube today.
Last year, War Is Over! b...
This December, Chess.com is giving you the gift of five limited-edition bots for you to defeat! Take on classic holiday characters like Frosty and Santa, or test your luck against a ghostly chess spirit, a claymation monster, and more.
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After nearly four decades, cult classic musical Chess returned to Broadway last weekend, welcomed by many fans and earning a range of reactions from critics.
As Chess.com reported back in May, the revival marks the first Broadway production of t...
After 225,000 Chess.com players cast 987,000 votes, posted 51,000 forum comments, and made 41 moves, IM Levy Rozman delivered checkmate as The World finally fell on Saturday during Thanksgiving weekend, bringing an end to Chess.com's GothamChess v...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov extended his lead on Sunday at the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament to a full point after winning his fourth game in a row, against GM Nikolas Theodorou. GM Alireza Firouzja, who drew with GM Gawain Maroroa Jones, i...