GM Alireza Firouzja has joined GMs Levon Aronian and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in leading the 2025 Sinquefield Cup after two rounds. He survived another difficult position, against GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and even managed to win the 100-move marath...
GMs Levon Aronian and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu started with wins in the 2025 Sinquefield Cup to take the early lead. Aronian beat GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov with the black pieces in our Game of the Day, while Praggnanandhaa won a surprisingly easy-...
IM Polina Shuvalova will take on Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun in the 2025 Women's Speed Chess Championship Semifinals after defeating IM Alice Lee 9-5. A topsy-turvy match was too close to call for the the first two sections, and midway throug...
The Collegiate Chess League (CCL) is back for another thrilling season, and registrations for Fall 2025 are officially open! Once again, the CCL will boast a $25,000 prize fund and the exciting four vs. four team format that fans and players love....
When 10-year-old Keya Jha beat a grandmaster in the final round of the Joe Yun Memorial, she not only sensationally clinched first place in the tournament, but also set a U.S. record for being the youngest American to defeat a grandmaster in a cla...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is one step closer to an unprecedented 50 Bullet Brawl titles after the speed chess titan won the event for the second week in a row and gained his 46th victory.
Nakamura got off to a sensational 21.5/22 start in Saturday's ev...
Italian GM Luca Moroni has once again proven his proficiency in chess variants by defending his title in the 2025 Chess.com Spell Chess Championship on Friday.
Moroni, who was the only GM to qualify for the knockout final for the second year run...
Playing solid chess on the final day of blitz, GM Levon Aronian won the 2025 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz after securing first place with two rounds to go. A lackluster GM Fabiano Caruana said he "stopped being able to play chess" but still finis...
GM Vincent Keymer won the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025 by a full two points after beating GM Ray Robson in the final round, add crossing the 2750 Elo mark to his achievements. GM Anish Giri was the surprise player to sneak into second place...
Just days after stopping a Titled Tuesday sweep in its tracks, GM Magnus Carlsen won Freestyle Friday ahead of GM Hikaru Nakamura on August 15. It was the second straight Friday in which they finished in the top two, this time in the opposite orde...