GM Hans Niemann knocked out GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and won the first game against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, but he's out of the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Play-In after blundering mate-in-one at the end of a thrilling blitz playof...
GM Volodar Murzin won the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship with an undefeated 10/13 score. At 18 years old, he is the second-youngest rapid world champion in history, after GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who was 17 during his victory in 2021.
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GM Magnus Carlsen will no longer participate in the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship or the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship after a dress-code disagreement with FIDE. He finishes the Rapid with a 5/8 score and will not defend his doubl...
It's that time of the year again! We're excited to announce the Chess.com Puzzles Championship. The event will take place on January 16 and 17 and feature a $5,000 prize fund.
This year, the event will be a part of the Chess.com Community ...
In an exclusive first interview, Ella Victoria Carlsen has shed light on her relationship with GM Magnus Carlsen, her new role, and their shared journey.
The couple exchanged vows in a picturesque ceremony in the snowy hills of Oslo, attended by...
GMs Vladimir Fedoseev, Denis Lazavik, Javokhir Sindarov, and Oleksandr Bortnyk will join the likes of GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wesley So in a 16-player Knockout on Chess.com to decide the final spot in the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand ...
Egyptian soccer star and chess fan Mohamed Salah has once again expressed his admiration for GM Magnus Carlsen and revealed that he followed the drama in the World Rapid & Blitz Championship in New York.
In a new interview by the Norwegian P...
Another year is upon us, and we're all looking forward to what 2025 will bring us. But before we look forward, let's take one last moment to celebrate the great things that happened to chess in 2024!
The community has voted, and we finally know…
GM Robert Huebner, the best German chess player since Emanuel Lasker, a four-time world championship candidate, Olympic board one gold medalist, former world number-three, master analyst, writer, polyglot, and papyrologist, has died at the age of ...
In the wake of stellar performances at the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships, GM Daniel Naroditsky won the first Bullet Brawl of 2025 with a score of 246, bagging the $400 first prize and closing the gap between himself and GM ...