Three things in life seem to be a surety: death, taxes, and GM Hikaru Nakamura winning the $400 first prize in Bullet Brawl. Hours after securing victory for the fourth time in Chess.com's Bullet Chess Championship, Nakamura was back online again,...
We are thrilled to announce major improvements to engines on Chess.com. Only weeks after the release of Stockfish 16, the newest version of the engine is now also available on our website. The engine is stronger than ever and brings a new evaluati...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Wesley So in the Division I Grand Final to clinch the Champions Chess Tour Aimchess Rapid 2023. After a 2-0 start by Carlsen, So made a stunning comeback by winning on demand with Black. In game four, Carlsen combined...
GM Ju Wenjun has won a wild final game of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship to claim her fourth title with a 6.5-5.5 victory over GM Lei Tingjie. The 17th women's world champion, who has held the title since 2018, also picks up the…
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GM Hikaru Nakamura clinched the Bullet Chess Championship 2023 on Friday, shutting down GM Magnus Carlsen's comeback in overtime in an epic Grand Final.
Back in Norway with his home...
Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun attacked with the black pieces in Game 11 of the 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship, but a creative king march saved the day for GM Lei Tingjie, leaving the scores tied at 5.5-5.5 going into the final classical g...
In an open letter published on the FIDE website a number of top grandmasters urge Ukraine's government to allow GM Vasyl Ivanchuk to leave the country and play the upcoming FIDE World Cup.
The event begins in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 29 and...
GM Hikaru Nakamura sits atop the Winners Bracket after defeating GM Alireza Firouzja in an electrifying final at the Bullet Chess Championship 2023 on Thursday. He awaits the player who will fight their way out of the Losers Bracket to meet him in...
GM Gukesh D is expected to be the youngest player to have a published rating of 2750 in history when the next FIDE rating list comes out in 11 days (when he will be 17.17 years old). This news comes just off the heels of…
With the fourth leg of the $2 million Champions Chess Tour ending in a thrilling climax and International Chess Day celebrations now underway, Chess.com can reveal the title of its penultimate regular season event: the 2023 Julius Baer Generation ...