Titled Tuesday on July 19 was won by FM Abtin Atakhan and GM Dmitry Andreikin. The latter tournament ended in a four-way tie on first after Andreikin defeated GM Daniel Naroditsky in the final round, and Andreikin's tiebreaks barely won out over s...
GM Magnus Carlsen will not defend his world championship title against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi next year. Carlsen said this in a podcast today. According to current regulations, Candidates Tournament winner Nepomniachtchi will now play the world cha...
It’s that time again! July 20 marks International Chess Day, recognizing the anniversary of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) being founded on this day in 1924. To celebrate, we’ve planned a few special activities to make the d...
GM Kateryna Lagno overcame GM Humpy Koneru in their quarterfinal match in the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Tuesday. Koneru led the match with convincing play through the 5+1 segment. Entering the 3+1 portion, Lagno great...
The FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship continued on Monday with a showdown between the world's number-one ranked woman player, GM Hou Yifan, against the U.S. women's chess champion, IM Carissa Yip, which Hou won in a 21.5-5.5 dru...
The U.S. National Championships, held in St. Louis, crowned three new champions. GM Christopher Yoo won the U.S. Junior Chess Championship, FM Jennifer Yu won the U.S. Girls Junior Chess Championship, and GM Alexander Shabalov won the U.S. Se...
GM Wesley So won week 21 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, defeating GM Sam Sevian in the closely-fought finals match that culminated in a bullet playoff.
GMs Dmitry Andreikin and Maxim Matlakov made it to the semi...
GM Levon Aronian won the FTX Road to Miami tournament on Sunday after a convincing second match victory vs. GM Wei Yi. The American-Armenian grandmaster won both of his games with the black pieces.
How to review? The games of the FTX Road to Mia...
GM Rodrigo Vasquez and IM Denis Lazavik were the winners of the third and fourth Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship.
The two first-finishing players advanced to the knockout phase where they will be joined by GM Eric Hanse...
A degenerative condition has taken away most of his eyesight, but that didn't stop IM Daniel Pulvett from scoring his third GM norm at the Valencia Open on Sunday. With an Elo rating already over 2500, gaining his GM title should be only a technic...