GM Luca Moroni Jr. has been crowned as Chess.com's top wizard after toppling IM Nhat Minh To in the Grand Final Reset of the 2024 Spell Chess Championship. Moroni, who was the only GM to qualify for the knockout, won $600 for his first-place finis...
Sehba Shah overcame a severe physical handicap to become Pakistan Women's Champion. The 59-year-old will now lead the national team competing in the biggest chess event on the calendar.
The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad, which takes place in Hungary'...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the sole leader of the 2024 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz after the first day of rapid games. After escaping vs. GM Hikaru Nakamura and turning the tide vs. GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, the French grandmaster defeated...
Seventeen-year-old WIM Alua Nurman of Kazakhstan triumphed in the first qualifier to the 2024 Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship by winning the Knockout stage of the first Play-In after defeating IM Anastasia Bodnaruk in the finals with ...
Are you ready for piece placement pandemonium? Chess.com is excited to announce the next event of the Chess.com Community Championships, the 2024 Chess.com Bughouse Championship! Starting on August 19, anyone can battle for a piece of this month's...
We're excited to announce that registrations for the Fall 2024 season of the Collegiate Chess League are now open! The event features once more the beloved four vs. four team format, a hefty $25,000 prize fund, and presenting partner Susquehanna, ...
Famed commentator and GM Daniel Naroditsky added a 22nd Bullet Brawl title to his resume on Saturday after outscoring Turkish prodigies GM Ediz Gurel and IM Yaqiz Erdogmus, whose combined age of 28 is the same as the winners. A 23-game unbeat...
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GM Hikaru Nakamura is the last player to make it to the Speed Chess Championship 2024 Finals. On Friday, he defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Quarterfinals with a 14.5...
A lower-rated amateur has been kicked out of an open tournament in the Netherlands after being caught with a cell phone hidden in his sock after previously raising eyebrows by defeating much higher-rated masters.
The 26th edition of the Hogescho...
GM Magnus Carlsen qualified for the Speed Chess Championship 2024 Semifinals, live in Paris on September 6, after defeating GM Arjun Erigaisi with a 12-9 score. He will play GM Hans Niemann in the next match, the first time they will meet for a ga...