The main event of the fourth season of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, the world's largest chess league, starts on September 5. Soon, the very best players in the world will gather in Bengaluru, India, to play in one of this year's biggest ...
Chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer, IM Danny Rensch, hosted State of Chess on Tuesday to share all the latest updates for Chess.com. The show featured special guests Liza Mandelup, executive producer and director of the new film Grandmasters,&n...
GM Vladimir Kramnik has lost his lawsuit against Dutch chess magazine New In Chess over an article that accused the former world champion of cyberbullying GM Daniel Naroditsky. An Amsterdam court ruled that the article was not unlawful, rejected a...
The North American Corporate Chess League (NACCL) is back on Chess.com for its 14th season. The event runs from October 1 to November 12, and registration is now open.
The NACCL is the world's largest corporate chess league, bringing together com...
With less than a month until FIDE elects its next president, the campaign has entered an increasingly heated phase, with formal complaints from all three tickets, questions over Timur Turlov's eligibility, and allegations that FIDE itself has fail...
GM Hans Niemann stole the show in September 1's Titled Tuesday at the latest possible moment. For most of the event, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda not only threatened to win his second consecutive Titled Tuesday, but began 10/10, looking to become the fir...
GM Pouya Idani, until now Iran’s third-highest-rated player, has officially transferred to France three years after moving to Brest with his wife. The 30-year-old joins GM Alireza Firouzja and WGM Mitra Hejazipour among the prominent Iranian...
This September, step onto the stage with five questionable musicians who are ready to put your chess skills and patience to the test. The chessboards are set. Bring earplugs and take your seat.
🏆 Beat the Band Class Bots throughout September to c...
SaVaToP1gG beat out a field of 1,454 players and was crowned champion on Monday in the first special edition of the Gambit Cup. The winner defeated Marzi in a heads-up final that lasted longer than expected. The favorite (his rating was 739 points...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is back in the top 10 and has overtaken GM Arjun Erigaisi as Indian number-one after winning the 2026 Grand Chess Tour. A marathon month in St. Louis had a big impact on the September FIDE rating list as victory in the...