The reigning champions of the Collegiate Chess League (CCL), Saint Louis University (SLU), have a difficult path to defending their title. They have lost a match already, and have not yet played the other finalist from last season, the Univer...
GM Magnus Carlsen leads the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown after day two. The world number-one won both games in both matches against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and GM Hikaru Nakamura, so that he was still in first even with two losses...
The field for the legendary 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters was unveiled today, featuring an exciting young line-up headlined by the reigning World Champion, 19-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju. At the other end of the spectrum is 31-year-old GM Anish Giri...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk won Titled Tuesday on October 28, taking his last seven games of the tournament for a come-from-behind outright victory on 10 points out of 11. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was actually the only player not to lose a game during t...
Girls who start with the same age and rating as boys will continue to play chess at a similar rate and at a similar level as those boys, especially in areas where participation is more gender-balanced. A new study, published in Chance and co-funde...
We're excited to announce the next event of the Chess.com Community Championships. The Chess.com Crazyhouse Chess Championship starts on November 6 and features a $2,500 prize fund. Featuring a variant where initiative is everything, get ready for...
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju leads the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown with four points after a possible six on day one. After losing game one against GM Magnus Carlsen, he had the best day, scoring three wins and two draws in his remaini...
GM Hans Niemann demolished former World Champion Ding Liren 18-6 to reach the Speed Chess Championship 2025 Quarterfinals. Ding's first win came in game 12, when a 10-1 scoreline had already made a comeback all but impossible. Niemann will now fac...
SuperChess, the Romanian club with an in-form world champion on top board, won the European Club Cup in Rhodes, Greece, on Saturday. Scoring an undefeated 4/5, GM Gukesh Dommaraju is back in the world's top 10. Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo won t...
GM Javokhir Sindarov collected his first Bullet Brawl title and the event's $400 first prize after outpacing seven challengers on Saturday. Sindarov posted a score of 159 and eclipsed IM Yoseph Taher, GM Oleksandr Bortnyk, and IM Reza Mahdavi for ...