As the World Champion Magnus Carlsen on Tuesday struggled in yet another armageddon duel, losing his fourth of the kind, the situation at the top of the leaderboard is making us eager to see the players return from their day off to finish the tour...
IM Danny Rensch eliminated the reigning Women's World Blitz Champion IM Bibisara Assaubayeva in the quarterfinals of the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Tuesday. Chess.com's Chief Chess Officer Rensch was leading after the 5+1 and 3+1...
World Champion Magnus Carlsen picked up another one of those victories he has become famous for, squeezing blood from stones vs. GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Carlsen now leads the 2022 Norway Chess in Stavanger alone after six rounds and got his live...
GM Arjun Erigaisi bested the two-time Junior Speed Chess Champion, GM Nihal Sarin, in the final of the 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship on Monday.
Down two points after the 3|1 blitz, Erigaisi clinched the title with a five-game winning stre...
The reigning Women's World Blitz Champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, defeated IM Irene Sukandar in the 2022 IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship on Monday. Though the players scored evenly in the first blitz segment, as the time controls ...
Football fans, rejoice! If you've ever caught yourself squeezing some bullet games in between Super Bowl commercials, we have good news. Chess.com is excited to announce BlitzChamps, an event where NFL stars will compete in a series of rapid games...
The main event of this year's Women's Speed Chess Championship begins on June 13. That means it's time for another bracket contest! Still free-to-play and featuring cash prizes, we've streamlined the prediction system, so keep reading! The prize p...
With the top four players in the tournament standings playing each other in round five, the situation at the top of the leaderboard is sharpening further at the 2022 Norway Chess in Stavanger.
The current world champion, GM Magnus Carlsen said a...
GM Dmitry Andreikin won week 17 of the 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase, overcoming GM Jules Moussard, who made it to the final in his first-ever knockout.
GMs Vladimir Fedoseev and Nodirbek Abdusattorov made it to the se...
This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday's knockout tournament.
GM Vladimir Fedoseev won week 17 of the Rapid Chess Championship, presented by Coinbase, tying with and edging out GM Levon Aronian by tiebreaks.&nbs...