One of the Czech Republic's greatest players of all time, GM David Navara, shared deep insights into his life, his passion for chess, and his experiences living with Asperger's syndrome.
IM Sagar Shah continues to deliver compelling stories to t...
It's GM Vidit Gujrathi vs. GM Amin Tabatabaei and GM Rauf Mamedov vs. GM Richard Rapport in Friday's Semifinals of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Play-In after a brutal two rounds of knockout chess. 12 players were eliminated from the f...
The 2025 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) Playoffs are upon us, and you can join in on the excitement by predicting who wins!
Can you see Mizzou repeating as champions? Will Saint Louis avenge last year's title match? Will a dark horse emerge...
The first Titled Tuesdays of March were decided in two quite different ways: GM Alexey Sarana won the early event out of a three-way tie on 9.5 points, while GM Benjamin Bok won the late event by a full point with a score of 10/11.…
We're excited to announce CoachChamps, an event that will bring together the best chess coaches and most dedicated students in our community! This is the first event of its kind, created to find out who the best chess coach is and to celebrate our...
GMs Amin Tabatabaei, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Rauf Mamedov, and M Pranesh scored 7.5/9 to finish in the top-four and qualify for the Knockout Stage of the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Play-In. They'll be joined by the likes of GMs Ding Lir...
Don't adjust your calendars: GMs Magnus Carlsen and Parham Maghsoodloo won Titled Tuesday on February 11, and they've done it again on March 11. Neither player was quite as dominant as they were a month ago, both scoring 9.5 points this week. Carl...
How can chess evolve to reach an even wider audience? What lessons can it take from other sports? These were just some of the questions tackled at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference last weekend.
The annual conference took place in ...
In week seven of the Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 (CCL), two strong teams fought for a shot at the league playoffs. The University of the Texas Rio Grande Valley (TRGV) narrowly held off Lviv State University of Physical Culture by a score ...
GM Daniil Dubov won an 18-game blitz match against GM Hans Niemann with a final score of 9.5-8.5. As the prize, Niemann had agreed to answer one question with a polygraph test. The match, which took place March 7-8 in Moscow, Russia was a follow-u...