GM Viswanathan Anand's win over GM Gukesh Dommaraju helped the Ganges Grandmasters join a four-way tie for the lead in the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025. Both leading teams lost, despite big wins on top board for GM Alireza Firouzja, over...
By his own admission, it wasn't pretty, but GM Magnus Carlsen got the job done in Titled Tuesday on December 16, scoring 9.5 points to win outright despite a loss in the second round and a worse final position in the 11th round as he…
GM Alireza Firouzja took down World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju as Triveni Continental Kings won 15-3 to stay perfect on day two of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025. Other team leaders had mixed days. GM Hikaru Nakamura beat GM Maxime Vach...
With 2026 at our doorstep, we know that many of our members are making chess-related New Year's resolutions. Some might want to break their rating record, some might just be looking to play more. Regardless of your goals, we're here to help!
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World number-two GM Hikaru Nakamura and his wife WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan welcomed the birth of a healthy baby boy last week, the couple has confirmed.
Nakamura, who first revealed that they were expecting during a Kick livestream in July, shared...
GM Alireza Firouzja played a brilliant sacrifice to defeat GM Fabiano Caruana while GM Wei Yi took down GM Anish Giri as two-time Tech Mahindra Global Chess League champions Triveni Continental Kings began season three with a win. Of the world's t...
GM Ediz Gurel added an eighth Bullet Brawl title to his ever-growing trophy cabinet on Saturday after piecing together a performance that saw him take out the two-hour titled arena by a margin of 12 points. The Turkish phenom suffered only minor h...
IM Renato Terry won yet another 3 0 Thursday tournament on December 11, his fourth consecutive week winning one of the three tournaments. Terry's success came in the third event of the day, following victories by GMs Sina Movahed and Jose Martinez...
FM Tymur Keleberda was crowned the 2025 Chess.com Fog Of War champion after defeating IM Nhat Minh To in a tense Grand Final and subsequent Grand Final in the last event of the Community Championship Series for the year.
Keleberda's event was ne...
The Finals of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, taking place near Cape Town, South Africa, are just around the corner. The year-long tour brings together eight world-class players to compete in a Chess960 tournament that starts at the Groo...