GM Alexey Sarana won Titled Tuesday on June 16 with a nearly perfect performance, scoring 10.5/11, with his only non-victory a draw against GM Magnus Carlsen in round eight. Carlsen, playing the full tournament for the first time in weeks, wasn't ...
GM Magnus Carlsen won the inaugural 2026 ASEAN E-Sports Chess Cup on June 13 and the $8,500 first prize. After finishing at the top of Group A, he went on to defeat GM Andrey Esipenko 2-1 in the Championship Final.
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The inaugural Esports Nations Cup will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from November 2 to 29. Unlike the Esports World Cup, which focuses on esports teams, the ENC will feature players representing their countries and territories across 16 esp...
GM Mukhiddin Madaminov won the 2026 UzChess Cup Masters and $20,000 after defeating GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2-0 in blitz tiebreaks. Both players finished the round-robin with 5.5/9, with three grandmasters a half-point behind: Ian Nepomniachtc...
CM Odin Blikra Vea and Askild Bryn played 383 five-minute blitz games over more than 61 hours to set a new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. In a new Chess.com documentary, the Norwegian duo revisits the highs, hallucinations, ...
You're smarter than you think, and we can prove it. You've probably played more brilliant moves than you remember—and you can now review them all with our new advanced stats feature! Diamond members can now relive their greatest moments and ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura, the undisputed king of Bullet Brawl, pulled off another comprehensive victory on Saturday, bringing up his 10th title in as many appearances in 2026. Nakamura finished with 182 points, 42 points clear of GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, a...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Dmitry Andreikin, and Aravindh Chithambaram emerged with the best tiebreaks to win the 3 0 Thursday tournaments on June 11. It was a day of tiebreakers, as both the first and third events finished with five-way ties atop ...
GM Pranav Venkatesh overcame losses in the second and fourth rounds in Freestyle Friday on June 12 to win all his other games, take first place outright, and pass GM Oleksandr Bortnyk in the 2026 Freestyle Friday Championship (FFC) standings....
The Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) has been suspended from the International Chess Federation (FIDE) after failing to comply with a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that required the CFR to cease organizing chess activities in Russian...