The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad has been opened in Budapest, with the games starting Wednesday. As almost 2,000 chess players, from world number-one Magnus Carlsen to over 200 unrated participants, converge on the Hungarian capital, can India, top se...
We all know rubber ducks. They make your bath time more whimsical and magical. But on the chessboard, they bring nothing but chaos and madness. So you better be ready because the next event of the Chess.com Community Championship, the Chess.com Du...
From accused to accomplished: GM Hans Niemann has stormed into the top-20 chess players in the world. On the September 2024 FIDE rating list, the 21-year-old American player has left seasoned grandmasters such as Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagr...
Nine-year-old CM Ethan Pang, the youngest-ever 2200 player, defeated three grandmasters in a recent classical tournament in Hungary and came close to breaking the 2300 rating barrier for the first time.
Pang, who made headlines in July when he b...
GM Magnus Carlsen just won his fourth Speed Chess Championship title, defeating GMs Alireza Firouzja and Hans Niemann along the way.
Firouzja was the runner-up after he stopped GM Hikaru Nakamura from reaching the Title Match for...
GM Magnus Carlsen won his fourth title at the Speed Chess Championship 2024, defeating GM Alireza Firouzja in front of a live audience in Paris. It was a dominant performance with a final score of 23.5-7.5; he lost just five games in four hours, d...
GM Andrew Tang achieved his third Bullet Brawl victory of the year on Saturday. He started and ended the tournament with winning streaks, ultimately scoring 68 wins and 241 points.
With a 24-game winning run, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk was close...
GM Hikaru Nakamura finished third in the Speed Chess Championship 2024 after defeating GM Hans Niemann in the consolation match 21-9. He won all three segments, making his greatest gains in the 3+1 and 1+1 segments. The title match between GM...
GM Alireza Firouzja is the first player ever to deny GM Hikaru Nakamura from playing in the Speed Chess Championship Final. He won a one-sided match 16-11 to defeat the five-time champion, who had only lost previously against GM Magnus Carlsen.&nb...
GM Alireza Firouzja was crowned as the winner of the 2024 Sinquefield Cup and the Grand Chess Tour on Wednesday after securing a draw with GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and finishing on 6/9. Following his round-one defeat to the winner, GM Fab...