GM Anton Korobov won a topsy-turvy game to score an upset victory against world number-four GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the opening round of the 2024 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament. The 29th edition started today in Malmo, Sweden.
In the sa...
Most people struggle to stay awake for more than 18 hours. FM Joran Aulin-Jansson played 701 blitz games for 92 hours and 26 minutes straight.
Last week Tunde Onakoya overcame intense vomiting, stomach pain, and extreme tiredness to break the Gu...
In the first of a planned series of reports on Titled Tuesday, Chess.com's Fair Play team said it's unlikely that large-scale cheating is happening in the popular prize events.
Chess.com's anti-cheat detection system has faced scrutiny from some...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju arrived back in Chennai at 3 a.m. on Thursday morning and was instantly mobbed by camera crews, well-wishers, and 80 schoolchildren who had turned up to welcome back one of their own. The winner of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tour...
GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh Dommaraju continue to lead the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament after round nine. GM Vidit Gujrathi is the only player to win on Sunday, and he defeated GM Hikaru Nakamura for the second time.
GM Alireza Firouzja...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won the latest iteration of Bullet Brawl after posting a 28-game winning streak and overtaking GM Jose Martinez in the dying minutes of the two-hour arena. Finishing on 247 points with 68 wins, five draws, and 11 losses, Bortn...
At the halfway mark of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is back in the sole lead. In round seven, he survived over 20 moves of preparation from GM Hikaru Nakamura to make the draw.
GM Gukesh Dommaraju came close to winn...
The first Titled Tuesday sweep of 2024 belongs to GM Hikaru Nakamura, who won both tournaments on April 23. It is the 11th time someone has accomplished the feat, and Nakamura's sixth, but his first since February 14, 2023. The last time anyone sw...
Former Women's World Champion Tan Zhongyi capped off a tremendous attack against GM Anna Muzychuk to gain her third victory in the 2024 FIDE Women's Candidates and maintain the lead. All four games were decisive in round six, leaving GM Aleksandra...
Decades after the popular TV show The Master Game, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) plans to broadcast a new chess show. In Chess Masters, to be aired in 2025, players of different ages and backgrounds will go head to head in a seri...