The Collegiate Chess League Spring 2026 Season Playoffs are upon us, and you can join in on the excitement by predicting who wins!
Will SLU defend their championship title, or will UT Dallas get their revenge and their first ever CCL Champ...
GM Javokhir Sindarov's dream run continued after GM Hikaru Nakamura thought for 67 minutes on move 13, chose badly, and sank without a trace in round five of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Sindarov, now world number five, is on 4.5/5, with o...
Two newly-released clips from Netflix’s upcoming Untold: Chess Mates documentary offer glimpses into both sides of the Carlsen vs. Niemann saga, featuring candid reflections from GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hans Niemann, and Hikaru Nakamura, just da...
It's the tournament GM Magnus Carlsen won with 9/9 last year and on Thursday evening he started the new edition with another win: the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open. It is part of the Grenke Chess Festival that boasts over 3,500 participants in Karls...
While his compatriot GM Javokhir Sindarov carves up at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has quietly moved into fourth position on the April FIDE classical rating list for the first time in his career after a commanding...
GM Amin Tabatabaei has continued his golden run in classical chess by pulling off one of the greatest results of his career, an outright victory in the 422-player strong 2026 Reykjavik Open with a performance rating of 2849.
Although Tabata...
GM Javokhir Sindarov grabbed the sole lead at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament on Wednesday, reaching a fantastic plus-three score by beating co-leader GM Fabiano Caruana. GM Anish Giri got back to a 50 percent score by beating GM Andrey Esipen...
Step right up, come one, come all! The Chess.com circus is in town for one month only, putting on chess performances the likes of which you’ve never seen before. Go head-to-head against each entertainer, from the mind-bending Contortionist t...
Chessboxing is taking the world by storm. The appeal is obvious: it's the only sport that allows you to outwit your opponent with tactics and strategy—or just punch them senseless if you fail to do so. With alternating rounds of chess and bo...