In a surprising move, GM Hans Niemann has been given a wildcard for the next leg of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Paris, setting up a likely showdown against GM Magnus Carlsen.
The announcement was made in a press release shortly after ...
The Anichess Creator Challenge is a side event taking place alongside the Anichess x Chess.com Tournament, pitting content creators against each other on the Anichess platform.
The event will be played asynchronously from February 13 at 11 ...
GM Vincent Keymer has taken the lead in the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final after winning game one against Fabiano Caruana. He is a draw away from winning the $200,000 prize on Friday. In the match for third place, GM Magnus Carl...
The 17th World Champion Ding Liren has signed with Chinese esports organization LGD Gaming, revealing for Chess.com that he intends to return to chess in 2025.
The 32-year-old is the latest star to sign with an esports team ahead of the Esports ...
GMs Vincent Keymer and Fabiano Caruana won two grueling matches and advance to the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final. In the shorter match, Keymer ended GM Magnus Carlsen's hopes of earning the $200,000 first prize by drawing game ...
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Parham Maghsoodloo were your Titled Tuesday winners on February 11. Carlsen won outright on 10.5 points and Maghsoodloo also won outright, with 10 points. It was the first win of 2025 for both of them, although each also won...
French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has officially joined Team Vitality, becoming the latest chess star to sign with an esports organization ahead of the 2025 Esports World Cup (EWC).
The French club, founded in 2013, has grown into one of Europe's...
The 13th edition of Norway Chess will see the first classical meeting between World Champion GM Gukesh Dommaraju and world number-one GM Magnus Carlsen since the Indian claimed the title in Singapore.
Maintaining its traditions, both Norway Ches...
GM Vincent Keymer defeated world number-one GM Magnus Carlsen in game one of the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Semifinals. GM Fabiano Caruana vs. GM Javokhir Sindarov ended in a draw, though the Uzbek GM missed a big chance at the en...
We're excited to announce the Chess.com 3-Check Chess Championship, the second event of the 2025 Chess.com Community Championships! The event starts February 27 at 9 a.m. ET / 15:00 CET / 7:30 p.m. IST with the qualifiers and features a $2,500 pri...