Top seed GM Alireza Firouzja profited from a big blunder by GM Luke McShane to score a win with the black pieces in round two of the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament. Firouzja now shares the lead with GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who used 34(!...
An exciting first round at the London Chess Classic's Elite Tournament saw all games ending in draws, but not without quite a bit of fighting chess on the boards. GM Sam Shankland was fortunate to get away with a draw against GM Alireza Firou...
19-year-old Uzbek GM Javokhir Sindarov has won the 2025 FIDE World Cup and the $120,000 top prize after beating GM Wei Yi 1.5-0.5 in tiebreaks. Sindarov missed a one-move chance to win with White in the first tiebreak game, but he made no mistake ...
The ChessBrahs, GMs Eric Hansen and Aman Hambleton, stopped by the Las Vegas Grand Prix race on November 20-22. The grandmasters manned a Chess.com booth at the race, playing with fans, drivers, and celebrities alike!
Racecar drivers are competi...
GM Pranesh M won a wild game in a wild final round of a wild Titled Tuesday on November 25 to take home first place ahead of GM Magnus Carlsen on tiebreaks. With five players tied for first after 10 rounds, Pranesh and Carlsen were…
Chess.com has been announced as one of three new publishers of the inaugural Esports Nations Cup (ENC), joining a lineup of major game developers partnering with the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) to build the first major country-versus-count...
We're excited to announce the return of the Chess.com Global Championship (CGC), starting on March 14, 2026! With a whopping $250,000 prize fund and up to three spots to next year's Esports World Cup on the line, the stakes are higher than ever!
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GM Andrey Esipenko has snatched the final spot in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament after beating GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 2-0 to take third place in the 2025 FIDE World Cup. Yakubboev had to win on demand, but blundered into a crushing line where ...
It wasn't easy, but the St. Louis University (SLU) chess team won the Collegiate Chess League (CCL) championship, defeating the University of Texas, Dallas, 8.5-7.5 in a tense match. SLU also won the championship in the Spring 2025 season, jo...
Update: Anna Cramling's 1.d4 repertoire is now complete with the release of Part 2, fighting the King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, Dutch, and more
Enough with prep collapsing or panicking before move 10—steer the game toward positions that you ...