We're excited to announce the 2025 Chess.com Classic, the last online event of this year's Champions Chess Tour (CCT). The event takes place between May 18 and May 23 and will feature some of the strongest players in the world. At stake are $150,0...
Canada's youngest ever IM Aaron Mendes has won the Under 13 ChessKid Youth Championship after defeating FM-elect Megan Paragua 5-3 in the final. Paragua got a late chance to play in the knockout after FM-elect Supratit Banerjee was forced to ...
13-year-old Turkish GM Yagiz Erdogmus added a second Bullet Brawl title to his ever-growing trophy case on Saturday after scoring 72/79 for a total of 258 points in the two-hour arena. Erdogmus won the $400 first prize ahead of GMs Ediz Gurel, Hik...
That's a wrap for PogChamps 6! Throughout the event, fans have witnessed many nerve-wrecking moments and piece blunders. But what was, by far, the most shocking thing about the event was the complete lack of stalemates, the first time this has eve...
GM Vincent Keymer, who made waves in February by winning the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, added another Chess960 crown to his list on May 2, winning Freestyle Friday by a full point with a 10/11 score. GMs Pranesh M, Fabiano Caruan...
PogChamps 6 continues to find ways to amaze fans and commentators alike. Players found new and creative ways to blunder their queens, throw games, and entertain the audience on the first day of the knockouts.
Sapnap and Steve Nedoroscik defeated...
The Czech chess community is mourning the sudden loss of GM Petr Neuman, who passed away this week at the age of only 47.
The grandmaster was found dead in his Prague apartment on Monday, the Czech Chess Federation announced on its website on We...
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju will lead India against GM Hikaru Nakamura and the USA in a new five-board team match, which will also see GM Fabiano Caruana take on GM Arjun Erigaisi. The organizers say they expect a sold-out crowd for the stadiu...
56-year-old Ukrainian GM Vasyl Ivanchuk played a staggering 27 games in 19 days in April as he picked up 40 rating points to return to the Top 100 on the May 2025 FIDE rating list. GM Wesley So moved up to 11th, while the biggest…
The group stage of PogChamps 6 is over, but there are still more pieces to be hung and games to be thrown, as we are now ready to move on to the knockout stage of the tournament.
A festival of Botez Gambits like you've never…