The I’M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship (IMSCC), the event that pits your favorite players who've not (yet) made GM, is back for its 2023 edition this week—and we can't wait until it kicks off on Thursday, October 12 at 11 a.m. ET/ 1...
It started with a Chess.com account during the pandemic. Now 9-year-old FM Faustino Oro from Argentina has made history as the youngest player ever to score an IM norm.
The prodigy, dubbed the "Messi of Chess" by Argentinian media, made headline...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was again in sparkling form as he defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 to earn another shot at GM Magnus Carlsen in Friday's 2023 AI Cup Grand Final. Nepomniachtchi had earlier knocked out GM Anish Giri 1.5-0.5.
GM Vladim...
Offerspill Chess Club was crowned as the champions in the open division of the recently concluded 2023 European Chess Club Cup (ECCC) after scoring six match wins and a draw against some of the world's top club teams in Durres, Albania.
Led by G...
Defending champion GM Fabiano Caruana captured the sole lead with three points from four games after an 80-move grinding endgame win over GM Dariusz Swiercz in the 2023 U.S. Championship. Overnight leader GM Abhimanyu Mishra was defeated by G...
The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) became the first team to topple the University of Missouri (Mizzou) in the SIQ-sponsored 2023 Collegiate Chess League (CCL) fall season on Saturday after a tight tussle that ended 9-7 in favor of the Texan t...
GM Abhimanyu Mishra shot into the sole lead on 2.5 points by defeating GM Ray Robson in the third round of the 2023 U.S. Championship, while also breaking into the 2600 Elo rating club, with the added distinction of being the youngest player to br...
GM Daniel Naroditsky won October's first Bullet Brawl by a convincing margin of 44 points on Saturday, one week after claiming his fifth title. The U.S. GM's score of 252 was more than enough to secure the $400 first prize ahead of the second-plac...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov advance in the Division I Winners Bracket of the 2023 AI Cup after winning their quarterfinal matches on day one.
With echoes from the finish of their SCC ...
GMs Hans Niemann and Abhimanyu Mishra have taken over the lead at the U.S. Championships in round two. Niemann came within inches of blundering and running out of time but fought back to defeat the previous leader, GM Sam Sevian. Contrastingly, Mi...