GM Gukesh Dommaraju leads his first tournament as world champion after defeating GM Leon Luke Mendonca in round nine to move to 6.5/9 in the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters. He's half a point ahead of GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who made a draw agains...
Athens scored their first victory, against Virginia, in the Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 (CCL), and Saint Louis scored another point against Texas to go on a perfect 2/2. While the first match was one-sided, Saint Louis staged a great comeb...
German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, the head of Freestyle Chess, has fired back at the International Chess Federation's (FIDE) threats of legal action, labeling it "blackmail," and alleging that FIDE demanded $500,000 for the rights to use th...
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Wei Yi kept their hopes of winning a second Tata Steel Chess Masters title alive with late wins with Black to move within a point of GMs Gukesh Dommaraju, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. Caruana pounce...
Four months after winning his fourth Bullet Brawl title, GM Andrew Tang returned to the top spot in Saturday's event, notching 76 wins and six draws. When he finished with a winning score of 287, 65 points stood between Tang and his nearest challe...
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju goes into the second half of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters in the joint lead with GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu after beating GM Pentala Harikrishna in round seven. GM Max Warmerdam sco...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov was at his ruthless best as he built up a winning advantage against GM Gukesh Dommaraju in round six of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, but the world champion once more demonstrated incredible resistance to escape with ...
Welcome to Freestyle Friday! In the inaugural edition of this event, 476 players took their shot at becoming its first champion, a very auspicious sign in what is sure to become a can't-miss part of every week for players, spectators, and Freestyl...
Russian and Belarusian teams will again be allowed to compete in youth and disability team events, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced today.
The world governing chess body said in its statement on Friday that they will allow Rus...
The Swedish chess community had an unforgettable moment this week when living legend GM Pia Cramling and her daughter WFM Anna Cramling made a surprise appearance on national television during one of Sweden's most-watched events.
The duo t...