The Iranian international arbiter Shohreh Bayat was reprimanded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) for wearing pro-human rights clothing at the 2022 Fischer Random World Chess Championship in Reykjavik. While FIDE considered it "unprofes...
Team A of Webster University won clear first at the 2023 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Championship with a perfect score. As the champion, it also earned a coveted spot in the President's Cup with three other top teams.
The battle for ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won his fifth title match at the 2022 Speed Chess Championship, defeating GM Magnus Carlsen in an immensely close final on Sunday. Nakamura dominated the 5+1 segment, capitalizing on his own winning chances while disrupting Carl...
The first Titled Tuesday tournaments of 2023 were won by GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Dmitrij Kollars on January 3. Duda won the first event of the year outright with a score of 10/11. Kollars followed with a 9.5/11 performance and won on tiebreaks....
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk plans to represent Switzerland for future chess events, a federation transfer that is likely to start on January 1, 2024. The news was published on the website of the Swiss Chess Federation.
Kosteniuk stopped playing for h...
Over 10,000 members chimed in with their votes this year, and Chess.com is happy to announce the winners of the 2022 Chess.com Awards! These awards are an opportunity to celebrate the fantastic year 2022 has been for chess. They are also a way for...
It's time to get your tactics on, as Puzzle Week returns for 2023, beginning on January 9. To celebrate, all of our 100 million-plus members will have unlimited access to the entire suite of Chess.com puzzle products—Puzzles, Puzzle Rush, an...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave overcame GM Wesley So in the 2022 Speed Chess Championship on Wednesday. Early in the match, Vachier-Lagrave gained as high as a four-point lead, but So fought back to even the score in the bullet segment. With just ...
IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Sara Khadem), who defied the Iranian dress code for women by refusing to wear a headscarf at the 2022 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships, will not be returning home after her last tournament of the year. With he...
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