GM Ian Nepomniachtchi is your Freestyle Friday winner for June 19, winning six games in a row at one point to claim the tournament outright on nine points, his second of the year and third overall. Tiebreaks separated second-place IM Reza Mahdavi ...
GM Ding Liren won in the final round as Dragon Chilling clinched the 2026 World Rapid Team Championship on tiebreaks ahead of silver medalists Team MGD1 (led by GM Arjun Erigaisi), and bronze medalists Hexamind Chess Team (GM Alireza Firouzja). Wh...
GM Ding Liren lost to GM Richard Rapport in 177 moves, but Dragon Chilling won the match, took the sole lead, and didn't relinquish it as the team remained unbeaten on day two of the 2026 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships. Team MGD1 moved...
GM Richard Rapport's Kazchess and GM Ding Liren's Dragon Chilling are the only teams on a perfect 8/8 after day one of the 2026 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships in Hong Kong. All the other favorites suffered defeat, with top-seed WR...
GM Alexey Sarana won Titled Tuesday on June 16 with a nearly perfect performance, scoring 10.5/11, with his only non-victory a draw against GM Magnus Carlsen in round eight. Carlsen, playing the full tournament for the first time in weeks, wasn't ...
GM Magnus Carlsen won the inaugural 2026 ASEAN E-Sports Chess Cup on June 13 and the $8,500 first prize. After finishing at the top of Group A, he went on to defeat GM Andrey Esipenko 2-1 in the Championship Final.
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The inaugural Esports Nations Cup will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from November 2 to 29. Unlike the Esports World Cup, which focuses on esports teams, the ENC will feature players representing their countries and territories across 16 esp...
GM Mukhiddin Madaminov won the 2026 UzChess Cup Masters and $20,000 after defeating GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov 2-0 in blitz tiebreaks. Both players finished the round-robin with 5.5/9, with three grandmasters a half-point behind: Ian Nepomniachtc...
CM Odin Blikra Vea and Askild Bryn played 383 five-minute blitz games over more than 61 hours to set a new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. In a new Chess.com documentary, the Norwegian duo revisits the highs, hallucinations, ...
You're smarter than you think, and we can prove it. You've probably played more brilliant moves than you remember—and you can now review them all with our new advanced stats feature! Diamond members can now relive their greatest moments and ...