GM Daniel Naroditsky secured a comprehensive victory in the 49th edition of Bullet Brawl on Saturday, scoring 276 points on his way to the $400 first prize after scoring 75.5/84. Well behind Naroditsky but still posting a commanding score of 235 w...
Intense vomiting, stomach pain, and extreme tiredness. That's just some of what Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya had to suffer through to break the Guinness World Record for the longest ever chess marathon. All for a noble cause.
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Chess.com is excited to announce the 2024 BetterHelp Masters—the second leg of this year’s prestigious $1.7 million Champions Chess Tour and an event focused on mental health.
Starting on May 8, the BetterHelp Masters follows the Che...
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We have three co-leaders at the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament with two rounds to go: GM Ian...
CM Matfey Rogov prevailed in the Atomic Chess Championship of the Variants Community Series (VCS) on Thursday. In a sibling rivalry-fueled Final, Matfey overcome his older brother, Timofey Rogov.
Along the way, Matfey also defeated the top...
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GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the last game of round 11, with Black against GM Vidit Gujrathi, to again...
If you had doubts about how big an event Titled Tuesday has become, you can look at just how many players from the ongoing Candidates Tournament played the April 16 edition anyway (during a rest day in the Candidates). One of them, GM Hikaru Nakam...
GM Maurice Ashley draws on his extensive chess experience to impart life lessons in his latest literary offering. His new book has already hit number one on Amazon.
On April 2, Ashley released his new book Move by Move: Life Lessons on and off t...
Three-time Polish Women's Champion IM Joanna Dworakowska, among the nation's strongest women for more than two decades, has passed away at the age of 45.
Dworakowska is one of Poland's strongest women players ever, with a peak rating of 2445, a ...
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GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana won their games in round 10 of the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tou...