World number-one Magnus Carlsen's hopes of making the Qatar Masters 2023 a repeat of his 2015 victory have all but gone after a sacrifice against GM Karthikeyan Murali boomeranged into another loss, this time with the white pieces. GM Arjun Erigai...
We're excited to announce that members can now use the Torch chess engine on our Analysis page. Torch is a new engine developed by the Chess.com team that has quickly risen to the top of the chess engine rankings. Developed in less than eight mont...
After winning Titled Tuesday five times in 2022, GM Jose Martinez entered the October 17, 2023 edition with more than a dozen top-five finishes in 2023 but no victories on the year. He changed that by sweeping this week's event. Martinez, who rout...
The U.S. Women's Championship concluded with a shocking last day of all decisive games that left IM Carissa Yip at the top of the standings, earning her second title.
Defending champion WGM Jennifer Yu influenced the fate of the championship by ...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen exploited a blunder by IM Samant Aditya S to win a third game in four rounds and catch GM Hikaru Nakamura, who was held to a draw by GM David Paravyan. With three rounds to go the favorites are half a…
Both matches in the 2023 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship Semifinals went to overtime. IM Polina Shuvalova defeated IM Lawrence Trent 14-11 and will face IM Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in the Final.
Between the ebb and flow of ...
Reigning champion GM Fabiano Caruana has successfully defended his title at the 2023 U.S. Championship, clinching the tournament with a round to spare and a 1.5 lead over the field. The now three-time U.S. Champion took a fitting path to firs...
Chess.com is excited to announce that we will be hosting the 2023 U.S. Collegiate Rapid and Blitz Championships. The rapid championship will be held on October 29 and the blitz championship on November 5.
Registration is underway and contin...
IM Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) traveled to the underworld and back in the 2023 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship Semifinals on Monday. He ultimately won his tumultuous match vs. IM Greg Shahade 13-11.
After incurring a three-poi...
GM Simon Williams has been found liable by the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman in the U.K. and ordered to repay over £730,000 (currently roughly $890k) to a pension scheme of which he was the sole trustee.
The popular 43-year-old British g...