The race for the presidency of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) officially kicked off on Friday as Wadim Rosenstein announced his long-expected candidacy, hours before fellow German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner entered the competition...
GMs Alireza Firouzja and Arjun Erigaisi advanced to the Winners Final of the 2026 Bullet Chess Championship on Thursday. Firouzja won a close match against GM Nihal Sarin 12.5-9.5, while Arjun blew away GM Andrew Tang 16-6. Just six players are le...
Chess.com has announced that private markets investment firm CVC Capital Partners has invested in the company, joining existing investor General Atlantic. As Chess.com now enters its third decade, the company says it looks to continue growing the ...
GMs Alireza Firouzja, Nihal Sarin, Andrew Tang, and Arjun Erigaisi won both matches on day one of the 2025 Bullet Chess Championship to advance in the Winners Bracket. The Losers Bracket is full with 12 players, with the first round of elimination...
Two months after his incredible Candidates victory, GM Javokhir Sindarov says his life has changed surprisingly little. But the 20-year-old Uzbek star revealed that his approach to chess changed dramatically over the last year.
In an interview wi...
GM Jules Moussard became the latest first-time Titled Tuesday winner on June 23, taking home the tournament by a full point on a 10/11 score. Moussard is the third player to join the ranks of first-time Titled Tuesday victors in 2026, joining GMs ...
Chess will once again be a part of the world's biggest esports festival, with GM Magnus Carlsen returning to defend his title. The Esports World Cup Chess Finals will take place from August 11 to 15 with a new home in Paris, France, and feature…
GM Andy Woodward fought back valiantly to defeat GM Andrew Tang in the Grand Final Reset to deny him the title for the third year in a row in the Chess.com Hyperbullet Championship 2026, which concluded on Friday, June 19. After losing to Tang in…
A Magnus Carlsen game from 2010 and his famous queen sacrifice from the 2016 World Championship match helped shape the central chess battle in The Nation's Gambit, a new Norwegian political thriller, in which every captured piece costs a human lif...
"It's like a dream!" said Dragon Chilling captain GM Ni Hua as the Chinese team added 2026 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship gold medals to their earlier victory in rapid chess. The team, led by GM Ding Liren, beat GM Hans Niemann's Endgame....