The two-day final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup will be played between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Arjun Erigaisi. After Carlsen knocked out GM Vincent Keymer, Erigaisi reached his first Tour final by beating GM Le Quang Liem in a blitz play...
In a 72-page report made public on Tuesday, Chess.com states that GM Hans Niemann "has likely cheated in more than 100 online chess games, including several prize money events." Chess.com also notes that Niemann is "the fastest rising top player i...
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Viswanathan Anand, the two biggest names in action at the 2022 European Club Cup in Mayrhofen, Austria, had to settle for draws in the first round. The tournament is a seven-round Swiss event for European club teams, with ...
The 2022 Chess.com Global Championship presented by Brave continued on Monday with round of 16 matchups between GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Leinier Dominguez Perez, as well as GMs Fabiano Caruana and Dmitry Andreikin.
Nakamura controlled his match f...
Chess.com is excited to announce the launch of our newest app, "Checkmate Or Die!" In this game, only two things can happen: you either checkmate the zombies or they eat you! Quickly solve all the mating puzzles that come your way to escape the wr...
Some players have made considerable Elo gains as the International Chess Federation has corrected rapid and blitz ratings with the publication of the October 2022 rating lists. GM Praggnanandhaa R. gains a staggering 660 points for his rapid ratin...
GM Wesley So overcame GM Jeffery Xiong in a neck-and-neck match with all decisive games to commence the round of 16 at the Chess.com Global Championship on Sunday. GM Levon Aronian went undefeated to knock out GM Sam Sevian in three games.
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The International Chess Federation has announced plans to form an investigatory panel with the intention to check both GM Magnus Carlsen's claims of alleged cheating by GM Hans Niemann and Niemann's own statement regarding online cheating.
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Thanks to a strong finish, scoring five points over her last six games, GM Kateryna Lagno of Russia won the first leg of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan. She finished half a point ahead of her compatriot GM Aleksandra Goryachkina...
GM Teimour Radjabov knocked out GM Arjun Erigaisi on Wednesday, securing the last spot into the round of 16 at the Chess.com Global Championship.
This was an especially electrifying matchup of experienced contender vs. up-and-comer. In this corn...