GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, known as ChessQueen on Chess.com, captured the sole lead in round two of the Munich FIDE Women's Grand Prix. She defeated longtime rival GM Elisabeth Paehtz to reach 2-0.
GM Anna Muzychuk earned her first victory by ...
Chess fans had one more reason to celebrate on February 2. The game we all love became the most popular free game on the iOS app store, reaching the number-one spot in 28 countries. It also featured among the top 10 in 18 other countries.…
The Spanish Maniac Shrimps won the Pro Chess League 2023 Qualifier, finishing first in both segments of the two-day event. They fill the 16th and final spot of the PCL main event this year.
After qualifying to the Qualifier Knockout through the ...
The second leg of the 2022-2023 FIDE Women's Grand Prix kicked off with four decisive games, featuring ferocious king attacks by GMs Tan Zhongyi, Nana Dzagnidze, Alexandra Kosteniuk, and Elisabeth Paehtz.
How to watch? The games of th...
With the start of the 2023 Airthings Masters just around the corner, chess fans may already be expecting a renewed focus on how air quality affects players.
After all, the first event of the new $2 million Champions Chess Tour season is sponsore...
What if I told you that Chess.com, as you know it, is nothing but a lie? That the moves you play, the blunders you make... that the whole website is nothing but a prison designed to keep us from winning chess games?
Unfortunately, I would…
On Tuesday, GM Anish Giri overcame GM Magnus Carlsen in classical chess for the first time in over a decade in round four of the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov displayed unstoppable precision to defeat GM Parham Maghsoo...
For the third week in a row, GM Hikaru Nakamura took home first place in a Titled Tuesday tournament. This week it earned him $2,000 of a $5,000 prize fund in the early event on January 31. Normal prizes resumed for the late tournament, won…
Russia's powerhouse chess federation, the biggest in the world, is pressing on with its historic move to formally switch from the European Chess Union (ECU) to Asia, it was revealed on Tuesday.
In the latest development in a row that has exposed...
Was it a joke—or was it for real? Anya Taylor-Joy sparked a flurry of interest on Monday when she appeared to tease a new season of The Queen's Gambit.
The actor, who starred as Beth Harmon in the hit Netflix series, posted a short tweet…