We're excited to announce our newest weekly prize events for titled players and streamers, The After Party and The Untitled After Party! Starting September 9, the new After Party series will feature a weekly prize fund and the beloved arena format...
Arena Kings, Chess.com's longest-running tournament for creators, is undergoing changes starting October 1. The event will feature a new format and cadence that will help creators build and engage their communities.
The new Arena Kings will now ...
The North American Corporate Chess League (NACCL) is returning to Chess.com this fall. The NACCL is the largest corporate chess competition in the world and includes some of the world's best-known companies and small businesses!
What Is The NA...
Twenty-two-year-old Kirill Shevchenko has become only the fourth player in chess history to be stripped of the GM title, after the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) rejected his appeal in one of the most high-profile over-the-board che...
You’ve played with them, now play against them. This month’s bot challenge is to square off against the pieces themselves! Can you beat them at their own game? Go to our Play Computer page and find out!
The Pawn
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GM Wesley So is back in the top-10 on the September 2025 FIDE rating list after winning the 2025 Sinquefield Cup, while 20-year-old GM Vincent Keymer has broken into the club for the first time after winning the 2025 Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters...
World number-one GM Magnus Carlsen's career as a fashion model is not over. Now the 34-year-old has made a comeback with Dutch fashion brand G-Star for its Fall 2025 campaign, marking a continuation of a 15-year-long collaboration.
G-Star releas...
GM Daniel Naroditsky scooped up his 31st Bullet Brawl title and the event's $400 first prize on Saturday after outpacing 119 titled players for the second week in a row. An electric 15/16 start helped the 29-year-old commentator amass an unassaila...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won his fourth Freestyle Friday on August 29, moving past GM Arjun Erigaisi for the second-most in the tournament's brief history, trailing only GM Hikaru Nakamura. It was Nakamura who finished second this week, half a point b...
The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League (GCL) is back for its third season, again with a jaw-dropping lineup of the strongest players in the world. Now, for the first time ever, amateur and titled players alike can compete in the GCL Contenders, an ...