Chess.com’s $2 million Champions Chess Tour, the game’s elite online event, can reveal its next tournament: the 2023 Aimchess Rapid. Running from July 10 to 14, the Aimchess Rapid is named after the unique chess learning and analy...
GM Arjun Erigaisi won the Sharjah Masters International Chess Championship 2023 on Thursday after winning his final-round game against GM Nodirbek Yakubboev.
Eight players were tied on 5.5/8 heading into the final round and only Arjun was able t...
GM Irina Krush scored another victory and caught the leader, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, in round three of the Cairns Cup 2023 on Monday. The eight-time U.S. Women's Champion perceptively squeezed the full point out of a bishop ending vs. GM Nana Dzag...
There were nine games in round six of Norway Chess 2023, and GM Fabiano Caruana was the only player to win a classical one. With the black pieces, he won for the first time in classical chess against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, extending his tournam...
The second round of the Cairns Cup 2023 again saw four out of five games finish decisively, with GM Alexandra Kosteniuk's victory over GM Harika Dronavalli the most notable as she pushed herself out to a 2/2 start.
GM Nana Dzagnidze as...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda fought a memorable and thrilling final round of the Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz 2023, where the former held his nerve to hold a draw and win the event with a score of 24 points and pocket the…
Round five of Norway Chess 2023 was a dramatic turning point as GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat GM Fabiano Caruana with Black in the classical portion. With a win over GM Aryan Tari, GM Hikaru Nakamura regained the world number-two spot for the firs...
Chess.com and the nonprofit Lide Haiti raised $42,794 to empower at-risk adolescent girls in Haiti (including via chess programs) during a star-studded live event featuring Rainn Wilson on Friday.
The June 2 event—hosted by IM Danny Rensch...
A heavily decisive round one with four victories out of five games commenced the Cairns Cup 2023 on Saturday. GM Alexandra Kosteniuk scored her first-ever classical victory vs. GM Humpy Koneru, the second-highest-rated woman in the world. GM ...
GM Fabiano Caruana continues to surge in Norway Chess 2023 and in the world rankings after defeating GM Alireza Firouzja with Black in the classical game. He leads the tournament by four points (!) with 10.5/12 and overtakes Firouzja as number two...