The third ESpot B-Cup is scheduled to take place on December 9, 2023. This unique event blends online and in-person chess with the exciting addition of a live audience; it’s competitive chess, but not quite as you know it!
An additional to...
GM Mateusz Bartel beat IM Shreyas Royal in round five of the 2023 London Chess Classic to move into a four-way tie for second place. The sole leader, half a point clear, remains GM Michael Adams, but the England star seemed to miss a huge cha...
GM Leinier Dominguez made a sudden entry into the Candidates race. Now FIDE has responded to the criticism after their clarification of the rules drew reactions from the chess community.
With less than a month left in 2023, the race to the Candi...
GM Hans Niemann sacrificed a knight and two rooks to beat IM Shreyas Royal in round four of the 2023 London Chess Classic before commenting, "the sound of chess speaking overpowers jealousy." The day's other headline news was GM Gukesh Dommaraju b...
Chess.com is excited to announce our new upgrade to the move list feature. The new move list is now cleaner and clearer, making it easier for you to follow variations and annotations or to analyze your own games. It also resembles the move list yo...
It's finally here. The biggest names in chess will be facing each other in one of the year's most prestigious events: the Finals of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour. A full season of chess tournaments has culminated in this showdown, as GMs Magnus Ca...
Big news! IM Danny Rensch's iconic 'Everything You Need To Know' series is now available on Chessable for free. The original videos have been viewed on YouTube over six million times since their release, and have now been re-recorded and optimized...
GM Magnus Carlsen says it's a dream come true to be holding the first ever classical Fischer-Random super-tournament, which will take place at a luxury resort on Germany's Baltic coast in February and feature eight of the world's top players.
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IM Shreyas Royal played like a veteran grandmaster as he defeated world number-40 GM Amin Tabatabaei in round three of the 2023 London Chess Classic. It was a wild day, as all three players who had won a day earlier slipped to defeat, while GMs…
The internet sensation Mittens is back—not only as the soul-crushing chess bot that broke the internet but also as an adorable plushie that you can own! Chess.com is excited to announce we'll be launching our merch store on December 9, now w...