GM Magnus Carlsen won Titled Tuesday for the second straight week on September 16, scoring 10.5 points with only a draw against GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda preventing him from the perfect 11/11 in what he called "definitely one of my more comfortable Ti...
Chess.com's Chief Chess Officer and co-founder, IM Danny Rensch, has released his first book, Dark Squares, a raw and deeply personal memoir about growing up in an abusive cult, how chess became his lifeline, and the journey that helped him build ...
GM Anish Giri played a perfect slow, grinding game to defeat GM Hans Niemann and win the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss with 8/11. Giri takes the $90,000 top prize and earns a spot in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, where he'll be joined by GM…
GM Hans Niemann's win over GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu was the only decisive game on the top-nine boards as he caught GMs Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Vincent Keymer, and Matthias Bluebaum in the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss lead. They're on 7/10 going...
Following his back-to-back victories in the highly publicized 2025 Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open, GM Hikaru Nakamura returned to the Bullet Brawl arena on Saturday and picked up the $400 first prize.
Nakamura scored 53/65 in the eve...
GMs Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, and Vincent Keymer all won to catch GM Matthias Bluebaum in the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss lead on 6.5/9 with two rounds to go. Firouzja won a wild 82-move clash against previous co-leader GM Nihal Sarin, Giri caught G...
Iranian teenage GM Sina Movahed won his second consecutive Freestyle Friday, and his third overall, in a field of 115 on September 12 after beating out GMs Magnus Carlsen, Arseniy Nesterov, and Denis Lazavik by a full point. There were two ke...
Thirty-six-year-old GM Igor Kovalenko played his first tournament outside of Ukraine in three years as he made nine draws in the recent 2025 Rubinstein Memorial in Polanica-Zdroj, Poland. The world number-54 is still a soldier but revealed he was ...
GMs Matthias Bluebaum and Nihal Sarin continue to lead the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss after round eight, as not one of the seven players behind them was able to catch up. GMs Vincent Keymer and Jorden van Foreest, with respective wins against GMs Vidit...
Indian GM Nihal Sarin defeated GM Parham Maghsoodloo to grab the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss lead on 5.5/7, where he was joined by GM Matthias Bluebaum, who stunned GM Arjun Erigaisi. GMs Alireza Firouzja, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hans Niemann, and Vidit ...