GM Zhu Jiner has regained the sole lead in the 2025 Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix after brilliantly beating IM Divya Deshmukh while GM Anna Muzychuk missed a tactical blow that gave IM Olga Badelka her first win. GM Nana Dzagdnize scored the day...
A day after losing the Champions Final, GM Fabiano Caruana earned his spot in The American Cup Grand Final after all. Caruana beat GM Levon Aronian on Friday in a blitz playoff in the Elimination Bracket Final and will now play GM Hikaru Naka...
GM Harika Dronavalli pounced on a late mistake by GM Nana Dzagnidze to recover from what she called a "heartbreaking loss" in the previous round of the 2025 Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix. Harika is joined a point behind leader GM Anna Muzyc...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won Freestyle Friday on March 21 in what was the closest yet of the nine tournaments so far, but ultimately, his second win following one on January 31. And while Bortnyk lost in the final round, which created a five-way tie f...
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Chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer, IM Danny Rensch, hosted the latest installment of State of Chess on Thursday. He was joined by several colleagues to share exciting updates, including the highly anticipated return of PogChamps.
The three-h...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen will play the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia while 50-year-old former world number-one Veselin Topalov returns to top-level chess to play the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland. Other wildcards announced for t...
GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 in blitz tiebreaks to win the Champions Final of The American Cup 2025, which comes with a $15,000 bonus. In the Women's American Cup Champions Final, IM Alice Lee survived a dead lost endgame ag...
GM Hans Niemann said he has withdrawn from a previously agreed-upon polygraph test, popularly known as a "lie detector test," following his loss against GM Daniil Dubov, citing the Russian's "disrespectful" behavior.
The 18-game blitz match took...
After an 18-move draw, GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana are tied ½-½ in the Open Champions Final of The American Cup 2025. In Open Elimination, however, we saw GMs Wesley So and Leinier Dominguez get eliminated, respectively, ...