The 2024 India College Chess Championship (ICCL) began on August 22, 2024, with record-breaking registrations of 245 teams featuring more than 1200 players. The SRM Institute of Science and Technology, led by GM Pranesh M, convincingly dominated t...
Reigning World Champion Ju Wenjun and three-time Women's World Blitz Champion Kateryna Lagno will face each other in the Semifinals of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship. Ju defeated IM Alice Lee 9.5-5.5, while Lagno eliminated ...
Just in time for the SCC Finals in Paris on September 6-8, Displate and Chess.com have partnered again to bring a brand-new collection of special magnet-mounted metal posters to chess fans. From now through September 30, fans can liven up their wa...
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...
IM Polina Shuvalova and GM Vaishali Rameshbabu prevailed vs. their women's world champion opponents in the Quarterfinals of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship on Monday.
Shuvalova knocked out women's world number one, GM...
Chess.com is excited to announce new partnerships with LG and Fubo for its ChessTV FAST channel. Now, chess fans in Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands can watch chess content on their smart television rig...
Wouldn't it be better if there were not separate chess titles for women? GM Judit Polgar, the strongest female player of all time, made this thought-provoking suggestion a few days ago in the latest New in Chess podcast, reigniting an old debate. ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won his second straight Bullet Brawl and the $400 first prize after scoring 251 points and outpacing his longtime rival, GM Daniel Naroditsky, on Saturday. Naroditsky was the only master in the 128-player field able to challenge...
IM Mai Narva almost pulled off a sensation by knocking GM Alexandra Kosteniuk out of the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship, but there was heartbreak as she blundered a piece just as she was about to clinch victory in the armageddon...
A new study by one of the world's leading statisticians has found that GM Hikaru Nakamura's impressive streaks against high-level opponents on Chess.com are well within the expected probabilities. GM Vladimir Kramnik strongly criticizes the report...