The Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2023 Knockout kicked off on Monday, and Division I saw four players advance to the Winners Semifinals: GMs Vladislav Artemiev, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Wesley So. They respectively knocked GM...
GM Irina Krush put herself within arm's reach of back-to-back American Cup victories after dispatching FM Alice Lee in the first game of their final matchup on Friday.
Playing with the black pieces in a repeat of their 2022 final, Lee played a r...
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GM Lei Tingjie defeated GM Tan Zhongyi with the black pieces in game five on Monday. With her second victory in a row, Lei has clinched victory in the final of the FIDE Women's Candidate's To...
GM Lei Tingjie scored an important win over GM Tan Zhongyi with White to push herself a point in front with two rounds to go in the final of the FIDE Women's Candidate's Tournament 2022-2023 on Sunday.
Selecting a theoretical approach in the Cat...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is the first player to book his ticket to this year's finals of The American Cup after defeating GM Wesley So in a blitz playoff. So now has to play against GM Levon Aronian for a spot in the final after the…
Chess.com, the world’s leading online chess platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of GM Anish Giri as its new CEO.
Giri, a renowned chess grandmaster, will assume the role effective immediately, succeeding Erik Allebest, co-foun...
GM Levon Aronian kept his tournament dreams alive in Saint Louis on Tuesday after defeating GM Fabiano Caruana in a monumental clash at The 2023 American Cup. Following six decisive results in their rapid and blitz encounters, an armageddon tiebre...
After opening the match with back-to-back decisive results, GM Lei Tingjie and GM Tan Zhongyi made their first draw in game three of the final of the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2022-2023 on Friday.
With white, Tan explored a new move out...
The 2023 American Cup continued in St. Louis on Monday with championship bracket semifinals that were won by GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So respectively. Nakamura was in fine form with the black pieces and outplayed GM Leinier Dominguez in the ...
Chess.com has launched a search for its new CEO. Current CEO, Erik, co-founded Chess.com in 2006 with his friend and co-founder Jay, and for 17 years has grown the company from an idea to the number-one chess platform with more than 125 million me...