The 7uice Educational Fair, held on January 31 in Boston, Massachusetts, brought leaders from seemingly unrelated fields to the 64 squares on the chessboard. The 7uice Foundation, founded by Jaylen Brown of the Boston Celtics, partners with instit...
GM Vincent Keymer rode his 10th-round victory over GM Magnus Carlsen in Freestyle Friday to a win in the tournament on February 6. Both players scored nine points but Keymer's tiebreaks put him in the lead. Keymer previously won on May 2, 2025, an...
It was a day for "M" names in 3 0 Thursday on February 5, as GMs Parham Maghsoodloo, Haik Martirosyan, and Jose Martinez took the top spots. It was Martinez's fifth victory in the tournament, Maghsoodloo's second, and Martirosyan's first. The wome...
GM Judit Polgar's extraordinary career is in the global spotlight as Netflix released its new documentary, Queen of Chess, on Friday, February 6. The 94-minute film is available to stream today on the platform for its more than 300 million su...
IM Polina Shuvalova set a new all-time Chess.com blitz rating record by a woman, surpassing the previous mark shared by IM Eline Roebers and WGM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya from last year. The 24-year-old climbed to 2941, edging closer than ever to re...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took home Titled Tuesday on February 3, becoming the first player all year to score 10/11, allowing him to avoid tiebreaks to beat out GMs Arjun Erigaisi and Alexey Sarana on 9.5 points. The win was not only Vac...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored one of the results of his career so far to win sole first place in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters, with second-placed GM Javokhir Sindarov completing the Uzbek domination. We look back at some conclusions from an...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov took advantage of a heartbreaking blunder in an equal position by World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju to take the sole lead in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters on 4.5/6. GM Javokhir Sindarov is now half a point behind in...
GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus was recently described by GM Magnus Carlsen as the strongest 14-year-old in the history of the game. He's demonstrated his ability in recent weeks, gaining more points than anyone else among the world's top-100 players in th...
It’s no secret that pro athletes love to play chess, even the ones who prefer skates and skis over sneakers and cleats. That’s why this month we’re rolling out the Frozen Five, a team of winter sport athletes who love to warm up ...