Two-time U.S. Women's Chess Champion WGM Jennifer Shahade has filed a major lawsuit against US Chess, its president Randy Bauer, and chess writer Peter Tamburro, alleging defamation, retaliation, and discrimination after her public allegations of ...
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GM Alireza Firouzja may have suffered a "once-in-a-lifetime," nine-move loss against GM Fabiano Caruana, but he still won the the Division I Winners Quarterfinals match in...
GM Hikaru Nakamura skips the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad that will take place in the Hungarian capital Budapest on September 11-22, but the U.S. team of GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Leinier Dominguez, Levon Aronian, and Ray Robson is still the top...
Chess.com is excited to announce a new partnership with Tech Mahindra to support the second season of the Global Chess League. The event will take place at Friends House in London from October 3 to 12 and feature a $1,000,000 prize fund.
The Glo...
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu just can't stop winning! The Indian star took the lead in the 2024 Biel Chess Festival Challengers and has entered the Women's Top-10 after defeating GM Ihor Samunenkov with a brilliant, if flawed, attack. GM Jonas Bjerre gr...
A new study by Chess.com's Fair Play Team has estimated the cheating rate in Titled Tuesday to be less than 2% for most events. However, the platform is introducing a new public closure policy to underscore the commitment to combat cheating.
The...
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GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and Dmitry Andreikin won their matches on day two of the CrunchLabs Masters 2024 to make it into th...
The US Chess Federation announced on Monday that Shama Yisrael, a 20-year-old from Florida, has crossed the 2200 USCF rating barrier and will become the first female, African-American national master in the country's history when the rating lists ...
International chess arbiter Arild Rimestad from Denmark has been given a two-year ban by the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) following multiple reports of sexual harassment against a female FIDE employee.
In its decision dated July...
GMs Vaishali Rameshbabu and Abhimanyu Mishra both won again in round two of the 2024 Biel Chess Festival despite being the lowest-rated players in their groups. Mishra leads the Masters after a long, grinding win against GM Sam Shankland, while Va...