Yale University brought their season back to life on Saturday in the SIG-sponsored 2023 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) after toppling the heavily favored University of Missouri (Mizzou) by a single point.
3/4 scores by GM Nico Checa and NM Linden...
Andrey Filatov, president of the Russian Chess Federation, announced on Friday that they intend to sign 10-year contracts with promising young players to prevent them from leaving the country.
With no signs of the war in Ukraine ending, Russian ...
GM Daniel Naroditsky continued his domination of October's Bullet Brawls after finishing three points ahead of 10-time winner GM Hikaru Nakamura in a race to the finish on Saturday. In a tournament graced by the presence of top players such as GMs...
Turkish Women's Champion WGM Kübra Öztürk Örenli says her federation terminated her monthly salary and dropped her from the national team once they found out that she was pregnant.
Öztürk Örenli gave birth to h...
It's hard to imagine a better week for GM Jose Martinez, who, after sweeping Titled Tuesday just two days prior, went on to win Chess.com's first Variants Community Series (VCS) Final.
His march to victory, and a $1,000 first-place prize, includ...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Gukesh Dommaraju, and Saleh Salem all won in round four of the 2023 Qatar Masters to join a seven-way tie for first place on 3.5/4. GM Magnus Carlsen languishes a point back in 29th place after again being involved in the...
19th-seed GM Nodirbek Yakubboev is the shock winner of the Qatar Masters 2023 after the 21-year-old defeated his Uzbekistan namesake GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2-0 in a blitz playoff. Abdusattorov had earlier benefited from a horror blunder by GM Ar...
Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi takes a half-point lead into the final round of the Qatar Masters 2023 after his win over GM David Paravyan ended any lingering title hopes for star GMs such as Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, and Gukesh Dommaraju. GM Hikaru N...
IM Polina Shuvalova won the 2023 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship after defeating IM Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) 10.5-9.5 in the Final. She was the highest-rated player in this year's tournament, by FIDE classical rating, and also the first...
Chess.com is excited to announce the release of GM Fabiano Caruana's Ruy Lopez: Dark Archangel course, now available on Chessable. Consistently ranking as the world number two and widely known for his unparalleled opening preparation, Caruana is i...