GM Jose Martinez has shown he can do it all by successfully defending his title in the second Variants Community Series (VCS) final. This time showing his prowess at 3 Check Chess, Martinez overcame FM Vasilios Kasioumis by a margin of 3-1 to...
Chess.com, the world’s largest online platform for chess, today announced it has signed with leading entertainment agency WME.
A subsidiary of global sports and entertainment company Endeavor, WME will work with Chess.com to build on the g...
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Nodirbek Abdusattorov took the lead on Wednesday in the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals.
Against GM Fabiano Caruana, Carlsen won game one from a lost position—after losing his queen. And after losing the next ...
The Titled Tuesday of December 12 was somewhat overshadowed by the Champions Chess Tour (CCT) Finals, but GM Denis Lazavik brought the two events together by winning the late Titled Tuesday following his elimination from the CCT. The earlier Title...
GM Magnus Carlsen has been declared not guilty of three charges brought against him by FIDE's Ethics & Disciplinary Commission following the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, but he was fined for "withdrawing without a valid reason".
The long-awaited ve...
Half the field of eight players was eliminated on day four of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals. GMs Alireza Firouzja and Denis Lazavik exited in the round-robin, while GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura bid goodbye in the Survival ...
Wise men speak because they have something to say, the philosopher Plato famously said, and when it comes to chess, few players are wiser than GM Viswanathan Anand.
The Indian legend reminded the world of that yet again on Monday, his 54th birth...
The race to the Candidates intensifies as India's chess capital will host Chennai Grand Masters from December 15 to 21, marking the strongest classical tournament in the nation's history. For three of the players it will be all about making it to ...
One is the greatest chess player of his generation, perhaps of all time, and the other is the greatest football strategist of his generation—perhaps also of all time.
This was the moment Norway's chess superstar GM Magnus Carlsen met face-...
With a compelling finish in the blitz segment, GM Vidit Gujrathi won the Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2023 on Monday. After a rocky start, Vidit scored an undefeated 9/11 to tie for first in blitz and clinch the overall tournament.
GM Arju...