You can now play chess against iconic musician, artist, and activist Yoko Ono on Chess.com—while also experiencing her art!
Challenge the Yoko bot and play with an exclusive all-white chess set based on Yoko Ono's "Play It By Trust" artwor...
GM Fabiano Caruana finished just ahead of GM Denis Lazavik to win Titled Tuesday on February 17, after Caruana defeated GM Wesley So in the final round but Lazavik only made a draw with GM Hikaru Nakamura (in a rematch of the 3rd Place Match…
They didn't make the Finals last season, but the University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou) has added a new player and appears ready to regain the championship form that they displayed in 2024. IM Amilal Munkhdalai came from Mongolia to join the sch...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen has now won 21 official FIDE world championship titles after defeating GM Fabiano Caruana in the Final of the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship. We take a look back at the intense three-day event in Weiss...
Some players love the London System, others hate it. But the truth is, those who hate it are probably the ones playing against it. And now, it's your turn to master one of the most popular—and easiest to play—white openings in chess wi...
GM Zhou Jianchao's extraordinary unbeaten run ended last weekend after 158 classical games. The Chinese-born grandmaster has made it to the history books by achieving the longest known run of consecutive classical games without losing.
The 38-ye...
GM Magnus Carlsen survived and then won a dead-lost position against GM Fabiano Caruana on the way to a 2.5-1.5 victory in the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship Final. A nervous draw in the final game means Carlsen is the Rapid, Blitz, ...
Peruvian IM Renato Terry was crowned as a first-time Bullet Brawl victor on Saturday after he overcame a strong start from GM Oleksandr Bortnyk and posted a winning score of 147.
Terry, who is just the third non-GM to win an edition of Bullet Br...
GM Magnus Carlsen will face his great rival GM Fabiano Caruana in Sunday's match for the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship title. Carlsen won the final two games against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov to clinch a 3-1 victory, while Caruana su...
Seven of the world's leading players have published an open letter expressing frustration about a scheduling conflict in August between this year's Grand Chess Tour and the Esports World Cup.
The letter, signed by GMs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Lev...