GMs Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave were among the stars as WR Chess won the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship for a second year in a row. The greatest controversy came in the Quarterfinals, when GM Vincent Keymer's ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura scored 6/7 as top-seed WR Chess won all 12 of their matches on day one of the 2025 World Blitz Team Championship, but the most memorable game was the world number-two's one loss, to 13-year-old IM Khagan Ahmad from Azerbaijan. T...
GM Andrew Tang put his shoulder back to the wheel less than 24 hours after winning the 2025 Chess.com Hyperbullet Championship, winning his seventh Bullet Brawl of the year off the back of a 34-game streak. Tang scored 62.5/75 and amassed 220...
Going into the rest day, three players continue to lead the Cairns Cup 2025: GM Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, and IM Alice Lee. IM Carissa Yip won the only decisive game of round five against GM Nana Dzagnidze, after a five-hour struggle. ...
Almost a decade on from his viral victories against Leela Chess in ultrabullet, GM Andrew Tang has proven he is the quickest player on Chess.com for the second year in a row following a successful title defense in the 2025 Chess.com Hyperbullet Ch...
GMs Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli won in round four to catch IM Alice Lee in the lead of the Cairns Cup 2025. They defeated GM-elect Bibisara Assaubayeva and GM Nana Dzagnidze, respectively. GM Mariya Muzychuk also picked up her first win of ...
We're excited to announce the next edition of BlitzChamps, the viral online tournament where NFL stars go head-to-head in blitz chess. BlitzChamps IV returns on June 16, starting at 4 p.m. ET / 22:00 CEST. This year’s showdown features a $10...
GM Arjun Erigaisi bounced back to score 3.5/4 and lead Team MGD1 to gold medals in the 2025 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championship after a perfect four match wins on the final day. GM Levon Aronian's Hexamind took silver, while GM Viswanathan A...
A week after GM Jeffery Xiong scored the first 11/11 in Freestyle Friday history, this week's 960 event on Chess.com ended in a three-way tie on nine points. GM Denis Lazavik pulled ahead in the ninth round, but then allowed IMs Eytan Rozen and Ma...
Insurance company Symetra Financial was crowned as the champions of the 2025 North American Corporate Chess League (NACCL) on Thursday after their master-laden team defeated trading firm Jane Street 2.5-1.5 in the Final.
Symetra's FM Irakl...