The December FIDE rating list officially confirmed the meteoric rise of GM Alireza Firouzja, who is the new world number two player, 52 points behind GM Magnus Carlsen. GM Levon Aronian now represents the U.S. while GM Hikaru Nakamura got removed ...
The fifth game of the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship happens tomorrow, with GM Ian Nepomniachtchi playing with the white pieces against GM Magnus Carlsen. With four draws so far, everyone is wondering if the next game will be the first decisiv...
GM Fabiano Caruana beat GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with a score of 13.5-12.5 in the last match of the first round of the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. He will face GM Wesley So in the quarterfinal match, which starts on Monday, Dec...
Chess.com is excited to announce the release of the new Insights feature. This new tool analyzes your games deeply and shows you where your best performances are and where you could improve. As ancient Greek wisdom states, knowing yourself is esse...
Three draws so far in the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship have shown that the players have come incredibly well prepared and in great form. Game four will be the first game where the players have the opportunity to spend a full rest day going…
After two exciting draws in which each player had a chance to win and took some risks, GM Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi head into game three of the FIDE World Chess Championship as pundits expect Nepomniachtchi to again play 1.e4 and try t...
The reigning world chess champion, GM Magnus Carlsen, from Norway and his Russian challenger, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, faced each other today in the second game of their FIDE World Championship 2021 match in Dubai. After some trickery in the opening...
World Champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi started their FIDE World Championship match on Friday in Dubai with a draw. Nepomniachtchi had a slight opening advantage but got under some pressure soon after, and then impressed...
With every passing second, the ultimate chess battle approaches, and chess fans worldwide can't wait to see what will happen in the 2021 FIDE World Championship. Now, even before the first moves are played, freestyle rap extraordinaire Harry Mack ...
Starting from this upcoming Friday, GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi will be enemies at the board—but they remained friends at today's opening press conference. The players expressed mutual respect and made jokes, while eagerly aw...