Season 3 of the Collegiate Chess League was the biggest season to date with over 80 schools from over a dozen countries fielding 160 teams across 10 divisions (over 1000 total students)! This is only a fraction of the number of schools and student...
GM Vidit Gujrathi is the sole leader at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament after defending brilliantly against GM Daniil Dubov, who played creatively but eventually overpressed. Co-leaders Jan-Krzysztof Duda and GM Magnus Carlsen drew, while GM ...
The third round of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament starts at 5 a.m. PT/14:00 CET on Monday, January 17. This is the first classical chess tournament for GM Magnus Carlsen since he retained his world championship title in November. Don't miss ...
The second round of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament starts at 5 a.m. PT/14:00 CET on Sunday, January 16. This is the first classical chess tournament for GM Magnus Carlsen since he retained his world championship title in November. Don't miss...
The first round of the 2022 Tata Steel Chess Tournament starts at 5 a.m. PT/14:00 CET on Saturday, January 15. This will be the first classical chess tournament for GM Magnus Carlsen since he retained his world championship title in November. Don'...
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Chess.com is thrilled to announce the Chess.com Rapid Chess Championship, our most elite event ever. The first "RCC" debuts with a prize fund of $650,000. This 25-week extravaganza begins on February 12 and culminates in a dramatic finale on Augus...
GM Alexey Sarana won Titled Tuesday on January 11 with a score of 9.5/11, a week after finishing in second place. He won on tiebreaks over second-place GM Aram Hakobyan and third-place Kacper Piorun. The top 10 was rounded out by seven players on ...
Following last year's controversy in Wijk aan Zee, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament today announced new regulations for tiebreaks. The biggest change is that if more than two players tie for first, all of them will be playing in the tiebreak.
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GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Magnus Carlsen, and Baadur Jobava share first place with 4.5/5 after day one of the World Rapid Chess Championship. The Polish number one, playing in his home country, started with a fantastic 4/4 perfect score, but his rou...