GM Anish Giri caught GM Alireza Firouzja in first place in round three of the 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament Masters. The Dutchman defeated GM Alexander Donchenko and saw his compatriot GM Max Warmerdam hold Firouzja to a draw. As in the fi...
Tired of playing the same opening every time, but don't know where to start? Here's a great new way to expand your repertoire and get comfortable with different openings: Opening Roulette!
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After scoring 7/7 in Rouen to secure qualification for the upcoming Candidates tournament, GM Alireza Firouzja continued his winning ways in Wijk aan Zee. The French-Iranian grandmaster today defeated GM Parham Maghsoodloo and is the only player w...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk scooped up his fourth $400 Bullet Brawl win and moved into third place on the all-time winner's list after scoring 227 points during 2024's second edition. GM Daniel Naroditsky (223) and IM Yoseph Taher (191) were the Ukrainia...
Black was more than OK in Saturday's opening round of the 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament as GMs Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Wei Yi all started with wins with the black pieces. The Challengers group also saw four de...
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GM Ray Robson did it again, winning his fifth consecutive title at the 2024 Puzzles World Champions...
The new Champions Chess Tour (CCT) season kicks off this month with the return of the Chessable Masters and a faster format designed to deliver even more exciting action.
Chess.com’s premier year-long event is now four main online tourname...
GM Magnus Carlsen scored six consecutive wins in rounds 14-19 setting the tone of the second and final day at the 2023 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship. It helped him capture the lead and win his seventh title after draws in the final two round...
As tradition has it, Chess.com again greeted the new year with our first event, the 2024 Puzzles World Championship. Eight players remain standing after the Puzzle Rush Royale on day one and have earned a minimum of $1,000 with a shot at the $5,00...
GM Valentina Gunina is one of seven Russian women in history to attain the chess grandmaster title. She is a three-time European women's chess champion, a five-time Russian women's chess champion, has won three gold medals with the Russian nationa...