GMs Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Praggnanadhaa R., and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won their respective matches in the first round of the Oslo Esports Cup—no tiebreaks were necessary. Both Carlsen and Praggnanadhaa needed only three games to win th...
Day three of The American Cup featured one win in each of the Championship Brackets. GM Leinier Dominguez won as Black against GM Levon Aronian in Group A and FM Alice Lee defeated WGM Tatev Abrahamyan in Group B.
In the Elim...
A "disgusted" GM Fabiano Caruana won his match on the second day of The American Cup from a hopeless position as GM Jeffery Xiong lost on time. GM Sam Sevian indeed reached a 2700+ live rating by drawing his second game with GM Wesl...
Chess.com is partnering with treasure.chess.com to offer an experimental NFT marketplace where players, creators, and collectors can create, trade, buy, and sell NFTs made from their Chess.com games.
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Chess.com is extremely excited to announce that verified accounts are coming to Chess.com beginning April 21.
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Chess.com is delighted to announce the Chess.com World Championship (CWC), our biggest tournament ever. With a total prize fund of $1,000,000, including $500,000 for our final live event at the five-star 1 Hotel in Toronto, Canada, this is an even...
GM Sam Sevian is on the brink of a 2700+ rating after beating the reigning U.S. Champion Wesley So in the first round of The American Cup. This brand new tournament, featuring a double elimination bracket, started on Wednesday in St. Louis, USA.
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GM Hikaru Nakamura won his fourth consecutive Arena Kings on April 20 with a score of 3.5-0.5 in the final and has continued a streak of winning every time he's played in Season 9, seven in total. GM Vagur Rasulov finished as a finalist ...
There were multiway ties at the top in both Titled Tuesday tournaments on April 19, but they produced two familiar winners. GM Hikaru Nakamura had the best tiebreaks of three players on 9.5/11 in the early tournament, while GM Dmitry Andreikin won...
The 2022 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by SIG continued today with the return of the two-time champion, GM Nihal Sarin, as he took on IM Aronyak Ghosh in their round of 16 match. Nihal was in a fighting mood and pushed for a win i...