GM Jose Martinez (2644) scored the upset of the day in game one of round three in the 2025 FIDE World Cup. His opponent, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2750), played a creative and strong exchange sacrifice to achieve a large advantage, but the Mexican...
There are 64 players heading into round three of the 2025 FIDE World Cup after round two tiebreaks, where another 27 players were eliminated on Thursday. The upset of the day was GM Lorenzo Lodici's (2572) match win against GM Hans Niemann (2729)....
The second edition of the new, monthly version of Arena Kings happened on November 5. In this month's multi-club arena with more than 1,800 total players representing 52 squads, K2N Chess won the overall standings, while GM Jose Ibarra took home t...
We're excited to announce that you can now get tickets to watch the Speed Chess Championship Live Finals in London. Experience the thrill that only the SCC can provide, and join the roaring crowd cheering for their heroes as they battle in high-sp...
Twenty-seven matches go to tiebreaks after the second classical game in round two of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. GM Pentala Harikrishna played the Game of the Day, if not the tournament, with a stunning queen sacrifice against GM Arseniy Nesterov.
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GM Denis Lazavik won Titled Tuesday on November 4, seizing the outright lead away from GM Jose Martinez in the final round on a day where such tournament lead changes were typical. GM Magnus Carlsen took second place ahead of Martinez while G...
Twenty-one players, on a total of 64 boards in round two of the 2025 FIDE World Cup, scored wins in game one and are a draw away from advancing to round three. On the top boards, we saw GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, Wei Yi,…
Every chess fan has their favorite player or creator—and now, they can also be your favorite coach! We brought the world's most beloved chess personalities to Chess.com so you can make your playing and learning experience more exciting than ...
PogChamps Champion Eberechi Eze's skills on the soccer pitch have made him a star for English Premier League side Arsenal, but last month the England international returned to his former school in London to launch a new chess initiative, in partne...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won Titled Tuesday on October 28, taking his last seven games of the tournament for a come-from-behind outright victory on 10 points out of 11. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was actually the only player not to lose a game during t...