We're excited to announce a series of changes to improve your puzzle-solving experience! We've reworked our Puzzles rating system so it's more reliable—giving you smoother level progression and generally more satisfying experience when solvi...
13th World Champion Garry Kasparov leads 15th World Champion Viswanathan Anand 2.5-1.5 after day one of the 2025 Clutch Chess Legends, a three-day clash taking place 30 years after their world championship match. After two draws in rapid chess, Ka...
QQQ1M, IM Levy Rozman's student, dominated the second day of CoachChamps 2025, which featured the rating range of improvers between 800 and 1199. Playing quickly, the Algerian youngster and GothamChess fan—who displays his coach in his profi...
Nabbollini, student of GM Arturs Neiksans, won the u800 round-robin tournament in the inaugural CoachChamps 2025. Though he won with a 5.5/7 score, it wasn't totally smooth sailing. Hhart10k, IM Levy Rozman's student, beat him in the penultimate r...
GM Alireza Firouzja won a tense Titled Tuesday on October 7, taking it on tiebreaks ahead of GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda after they all posted a 9.5/11 score. GM Xiao Tong, a 16-year old grandmaster rated over 3100 in Chess.com...
WFM Anna Cramling blundered a piece against 12-year-old Zac Chua from Canada and didn't realize until three moves later, but she shrugged off that slip-up to win the 6th episode of Kids vs. Stars 2.5-1.5. "I would rather go skydiving!" she said of...
In the spring season of the Collegiate Chess League, the University of Missouri (Mizzou) lost to St. Louis University (SLU) in the Finals, to finish in second place. This year they are looking for more and are off to a good start, winning their fi...
It's now less than a month until the $2 million 2025 FIDE World Cup begins on November 1, with a 206-player field topped by the Indian trio of World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and GMs Arjun Erigaisi and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. The event will tak...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) will discuss the possible reinstatement of Russian national teams at its General Assembly meeting in December, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has confirmed.
A proposal will be on the agenda for the Gen...
Team USA beat Team India 5-0 on Saturday evening at the highly innovative Checkmate: USA vs India match in Arlington, Texas. In the last game of the day, GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated GM Gukesh Dommaraju, literally grabbed his opponent's king, and t...