It’s the last month of 2023, and this has been one of the biggest years ever for chess. A record number of players, a record number of games, and a spectacular year for bots fans (hehehe).
What better way to celebrate than to bring back…
GM Hikaru Nakamura's supremacy over Bullet Brawl has continued into December as the world number-three coasted to a 253 score and his fourth-straight $400 victory. Landing in second place on Saturday was GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, who finished on 229, ...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju pulled off a great escape against GM Nikita Vitiugov to retain the lead after round two of the 2023 London Chess Classic, with co-leader Michael Adams also drawing after a fierce fight with GM Hans Niemann. That let GM Andrei V...
Poland's IM Marcin Szymanski won the final round of the 2023 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship by a single point in October ahead of the second-placed "DanilinDP," and IMs Kacper Drozdowski and Mark Timmermans.
This year's Championship bro...
GM-elect Vaishali Rameshbabu crossed 2500 FIDE to earn the grandmaster title at the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain on Friday. With her three GM norms previously attained, Vaishali has now fulfilled all of the requirements. The 22-year-old shared wh...
GMs Gukesh Dommaraju and Michael Adams picked up wins on the first day of the 2023 London Chess Classic, the 13th edition of an event that was first won by GM Magnus Carlsen back in 2009. GM Hans Niemann made a quiet draw after rushing…
GM Hikaru Nakamura scored 73 wins and conceded just three draws and three losses in one of his most dominant Bullet Brawl performances yet, finishing with a 42-point buffer over the second-placed GM Daniel Naroditsky to claim the $400 first prize....
IM-elect Brewington Hardaway crossed 2400 FIDE rating to earn the international master title at the U.S. Masters 2023 on Sunday at the Charlotte Chess Center in North Carolina. Already having four IM norms, he should receive the title at the next ...
She spends her days—and nights—helping people focus on work and study, so this may not surprise you. But Lofi Girl now plays chess.
The beloved anime character, who has become a global sensation with her unique blend of music and vis...
GM Judit Polgar, indisputably the greatest female player in chess history, believes that women-only events should continue to exist, but asserts that women should not be limited, encouraging more participants in the open section.
In a new interv...