The chess world has a new record-breaker. 10-year-old FM Roman Shogdzhiev from Russia has become the youngest International Master (IM) in history, smashing the record by over five months and reinforcing his status as one of the chess world's most...
GM Daniel Naroditsky attained his 28th Bullet Brawl title and the $400 first prize after scoring 247 points on Saturday. GM Hikaru Nakamura was Naroditsky's main adversary but couldn't keep pace with Naroditsky, who worked through a record-br...
GM Minh Le won the May 23 edition of Freestyle Friday with 9.5 points, beating out a field of 243 players, including GM Luca Moroni Jr., on tiebreaks. It was the first win in Freestyle Friday for the eight-time T...
GM Magnus Carlsen has won the 2025 Chess.com Classic with a game to spare. In the Grand Final against GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, he won a 24-move miniature in game one, drew game two, and then won a rook endgame in game three to finish the…
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won three matches in the Losers Bracket to earn his spot in the 2025 Chess.com Classic Grand Final against GM Magnus Carlsen. He won his first match GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in armageddon, accepting a draw with Black from a ...
GM Anish Giri leads the 2025 Sharjah Masters with four points from five rounds, together with GMs Aleksandar Indjic and Dai Changren. The group just half a point behind includes 2700 stars GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Parham Maghsoodloo, but also...
GM Magnus Carlsen earned his spot in the 2025 Chess.com Classic Grand Final after knocking GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Hikaru Nakamura out of the Winners Bracket. In a hard-to-believe finale, Nakamura seemed on the verge of a comeback in game fo...
As the Titled Tuesday Grand Prix nears its conclusion, with just two tournaments now remaining, the players we will see at the 2025 Speed Chess Championship are coming into view. GM Dmitry Andreikin won the first tournament of Titled Tuesday on Ma...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Ian Nepomniachtchi are the last ones standing in the Winners Bracket after day one of the 2025 Chess.com Classic Playoffs. On their last lives in the Losers Bracket are eight mor...
World number one GM Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw by more than 143,000 players in the Magnus vs. The World game on Chess.com, the largest online chess game ever held.
The historic game ended on Monday after 32 moves when The World forced…