GM Magnus Carlsen's Alpine APL Pipers and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi's Ganges Grandmasters lead the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League after day seven, with just one more match left in the round-robin stage. The Alpine APL Pipers won by a thin, two...
It was a day of tiebreaks in 3 0 Thursday on September 10. In the first tournament, GM Denis Lazavik surpassed three other players on tiebreaks to take the title for the second straight week. In the second event, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda surpassed tw...
You can now handle 1.e4 like a super-grandmaster. GM Wesley So has just released Elite 1.e4 e5 - Part 1, his new course built around his personal answer to White's most common opening move, 1.e4. With positional, dependable lines, So will teach yo...
FIDE presidential candidates Jan Henric Buettner and Timur Turlov clashed over how the world chess body should be funded—and whether it should continue relying on wealthy benefactors. The third candidate, Wadim Rosenstein, disconnected short...
The FYERS American Gambits, led by GM Javokhir Sindarov, dominated a critical match against the Ganges Grandmasters, led by GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, to join a three-way tie with the Grandmasters and GM Magnus Carlsen's Alpine APL Pipers on day six o...
Applications are now open for the inaugural $50,000 Naroditsky Fellowship, which will support elite American junior players with training, travel, and tournament preparation in 2027. The deadline to apply is December 1.
The Fellowship is one of t...
GM Javokhir Sindarov's second win in a row, this time over GM Alireza Firouzja, took FYERS American Gambits into the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League lead while Triveni Continental Kings slumped to the bottom after a second loss of the day. ...
Chess.com is once again partnering with legendary GM Judit Polgar to support her festival, the Judit Polgar Global Chess Festival. Judit will play a community simul on September 26 at 7:30 a.m. ET / 13:30 CEST / 5:00 p.m. IST. The event will take ...
GM Alireza Firouzja's Triveni Continental Kings continued their comeback by beating the leaders, GM Magnus Carlsen's Alpine APL Pipers, as the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League crossed the halfway mark with no teams breaking clear of the pack...
The lead wasn't necessarily the ideal place to be in Titled Tuesday on September 8, before GM Liem Le won his first of the year with a 9.5 score, ahead of GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Tobias Koelle on tiebreaks. For the second straight week,…