This is our quick summary report. Check out our full report after Sunday's knockout tournament.
GM Fabiano Caruana won the week 22 Swiss of the Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase.
Participating in the event were 53 competitors&mdas...
IM Vaishali R overcame GM Harika Dronavalli in their quarterfinal match in the FIDE Chess.com 2022 Women's Speed Chess Championship on Thursday. Vaishali dueled fiercely against her compatriot, the highest-rated active woman player in India. After...
It wasn't a bolt from the blue, but GM Magnus Carlsen's decision not to defend his world title still came as shock to many. A day after the news came out, Chess.com gives an overview of reactions from the chess world.
GM Vishy Anand, FIDE…
GMs Aram Hakobyan and Mahammad Muradli were the winners of the fifth and sixth Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship.
Hakobyan and Muradli advance to the main event along with GMs Hrant Melkumyan and Sam Sevian, victors of th...
GM Vidit Gujrathi and GM Alexey Sarana won the first and second Play-ins of the Chess.com Global Championship.
Vidit and Sarana advance to the main event along with GMs Rasmus Svane and Oleksandr Bortnyk, victors of the two-game matches be...
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...