A little more than three years ago, in December of 2022, Chess.com reached 100 million members. It was a huge milestone at the time, and it still is, but now we are celebrating an even bigger number: a quarter of a billion. It's the 250,000,000…
GMs Fabiano Caruana, Lorenzo Lodici, and Vasif Durarbayli lead the 2026 Saint Louis Masters with 3.5 points apiece after four rounds. It's nearly the halfway point of the nine-round tournament, and there are no fewer than nine players in the chasi...
Defending Champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram looked to be in trouble again in round two of the 2026 Prague Chess Festival Masters, but GM Hans Niemann couldn't find a hidden winning resource on low time and slumped to defeat. It was a similar story...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat Defending Champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram in round one of the 2026 Prague Chess Festival Masters to oust GM Vincent Keymer as world number four. Keymer fell to GM Jorden van Foreest for a second event in a row, whil...
The lineup for Norway Chess 2026 has been finalized, setting the stage for another clash between world number-one Magnus Carlsen and reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju.
The 14th edition of the prestigious tournament will take place p...
We're excited to announce that the Chess.com Global Championship is now called the Chess.com Open! The event, which starts on March 14, is set to be the world's largest open tournament. With $250,000 in prizes and up to three direct spots to the n...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the February 24 edition of Titled Tuesday to wrap up the winter split with his second win of the month, becoming one of eight qualifiers into the Chess.com Global Championship. Vachier-Lagrave won in the final round t...
Netflix officially announced on Tuesday that its highly anticipated documentary on the 2022 scandal, involving GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann, will premiere on the platform on April 7, 2026. Untold: Chess Mates revisits one of the most explos...
It's time to put fire on the chessboard in the next installment of the Chess.com Community Championships. The Chess.com Atomic Chess Championship kicks off on March 4 and will feature a $2,500 prize fund. With explosive tactics and incendiary capt...
We're excited to announce the qualification path for this year's most exciting blitz and bullet online event for women. With a $75,000 prize fund, the Women's Speed Chess Championship starts on July 6—but the excitement begins much earlier f...