GMs Alexey Sarana and Denis Lazavik kept the ball rolling from last week's 3 0 Thursday victories and won the first and second tournaments outright on January 15. In the third event, GM Jeffery Xiong picked up his first victory after edging out GM...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won Freestyle Friday on January 16, grabbing his opportunity at a mate-in-two in the final round to take the tournament outright with 9.5 points. IM Renato Terry helped by beating the one player who had been tied with Nepomni...
The match between two of the most popular chess streamers in the world, IMs Levy Rozman and Julien Song, got off to a hard-fought start as both sides missed wins in time pressure before the game ended in a draw.
The players shook hands b...
Five-time Puzzles Champion GM Ray Robson was first to qualify for the eight-player Knockout Finals of the 2026 Chess.com Puzzles Championship, and posted the day's best score of 62. He was joined by GMs Pranav Venkatesh, Jeffery Xiong, and Mitrabh...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the 2026 Freestyle Chess World Championship Play-in Knockout to earn $1,000 and qualify for the last available spot in the world championship. He beat GM Amin Tabatabaei 1.5-0.5 in the Semifinals and then GM Pranav Ven...
GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Pranav Venkatesh, Grigoriy Oparin, and Amin Tabatabaei all finished with 7/9 to place in the top-four of the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship Play-in Swiss, and they advance to the Knockout. Only one of the f...
The FIDE Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) has fined the Iranian Chess Federation €25,000 for a deliberate boycott of the Israeli women's national team during the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary.
The EDC decision is ...
GM Javokhir Sindarov took home Titled Tuesday honors on January 13 after holding a draw against countryman GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the final round. The result gave Sindarov outright first place with 9.5 points after GM Alexey Sarana went ...
GM Maurice Ashley, the first Black grandmaster in history, said he fulfilled a lifelong dream when he appeared on The Oprah Podcast, sitting down virtually with Oprah Winfrey for a conversation about chess, impact, and hidden potential.
Few gran...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the 2025 FIDE Circuit and joined 2024 winner GM Fabiano Caruana in qualifying for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has now announced that for 2026-7 two years will be c...