Bottom-seed GM Nodirbek Yakubboev edged out top-seed GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov on tiebreaks to claim the $25,000 first prize at the UzChess Cup Masters, part of a bigger chess festival in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The two Uzbek GMs scored 5.5/9, half a...
Former women's world chess champions GMs Tan Zhongyi, Mariya Muzychuk, and Alexandra Kosteniuk opened with victories in the first round of the Cairns Cup 2024 which began at the Saint Louis Chess Club on Thursday. Mariya Muzychuk's game featured a...
20-year-old IM Kazybek Nogerbek was only the ninth seed but edged out 13 grandmasters to win the 2024 FIDE World Junior Chess Championship. The Girl's section was dominated by 18-year-old top-seed IM Divya Deshmukh from India to win on an undefeat...
GM Alireza Firouzja has pulled off a stunning triumph to claim his second Bullet Chess Championship after winning four matches on the final day. He won gruelling matches against GMs Sam Sevian and Daniel Naroditsky and considered conceding the tit...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is through to the Grand Final of the 2024 Bullet Chess Championship after beating Daniel Naroditsky 16.5-11.5. Naroditsky still has one life remaining and will play the winner of the match between GMs Alireza Firouzja and&n...
A major new blitz tournament showcasing the record-breaking next generation of young chess talents in two age categories will launch this month.
The ChessKid Youth Championship kicks off on June 29 with a $15,000 prize fund and promises to be a ...
GMs Alexey Sarana and Hikaru Nakamura are your Titled Tuesday victors for June 11, 2024. Sarana won by the thinnest of margins in the early tournament, needing the second tiebreak before his 10 points were finally determined to have earned first p...
GM Hans Niemann said on X that he has secured the necessary funds to play in the $4 million buy-in tournament alongside GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Fabiano Caruana, and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Organizer Wadim Rosenstein confirmed to Chess.com that fund...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Daniel Naroditsky have knocked everyone else out of the Winners Bracket of the Bullet Chess Championship 2024 (BCC).
Nakamura led by a vast margin throughout his match vs. GM Nihal Sarin. Naroditsky fought off ...
Scramble the back rank of your sets because the 2024 Chess.com Community Championships is launching the Chess960 Championships in just a few weeks!
The enticing prize fund of $7,500 includes $2,000 for first place, $1,400 for second, $800 for t...