GM Anna Muzychuk's second win in a row, against IM Divya Deshmukh, saw her catch GM Zhu Jiner in the lead of the 2025 Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix on 3/4. It was a day of four wins for White, with GMs Aleksandra Goryachkina (vs.…
We're excited to announce the next installment of State of Chess, our live show where we share all the exciting things that we've been working on and what's coming next. It's also the place where you can ask questions directly to us, so we can…
After two draws in the Open Champions Semifinals of the The American Cup 2025, no one was able to break ahead. There was more action in the Open Elimination Round 1, where GM Sam Sevian eliminated GM Ray Robson in blitz tiebreaks 3-1 and GM…
The BBC’s latest reality TV competition, Chess Masters: The Endgame, made its highly anticipated debut on March 10, marking a rare return of chess to prime-time television. However, the eight-episode series has provoked mixed responses from ...
GM Anna Muzychuk scored the only win of round three of the 2025 Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix, though a huge miss approaching move 40 meant she had to do it all over again before checkmating GM Nana Dzagnidze on move 86. GM Zhu Jiner…
The University of the Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) started the Collegiate Chess League (CCL) playoffs with a bang against the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Athens entered the playoffs with a better regular season record but UT...
We're excited to announce the fourth installment of this year's Chess.com Community Championships! The Chess.com Atomic Chess Championship takes place March 27 and 28 and features a $2,500 prize fund.
Atomic Chess is not for the faint of heart. ...
After four more draws in the classical portion, all of the matches in The American Cup 2025 Open went to blitz playoffs. GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Leinier Dominguez, and Levon Aronian have advanced to the Champions Semifinals. Th...
GM Zhu Jiner has taken the sole lead in the 2025 Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix on 2/2 after GM Elisabeth Paehtz made one fatal move in an endgame she seemed to be holding. Only IM Stavroula Tsolakidou is within half a point after surviving…
All four games in the 2025 American Cup Open ended in draws, but the top two seeds, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana, missed critical chances in their games against, respectively, GMs Abhimanyu Mishra and Ray Robson.
In stark contrast, th...