Another season of Chess.com's premier streaming event, Arena Kings, is in the books. Season 8 concluded on Wednesday, December 15, with GM Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru) winning the Championship Final and earning the $4,000 prize for first place. Nakam...
With a victory in the final round, GM Jose Martinez won Titled Tuesday on December 14 with a score of 10/11. Coming in second place was last week's victor, GM Jeffery Xiong, with 9.5/11. GM Alexey Sarana and NM Valery Sviridov had the best tiebrea...
The third season of the Collegiate Chess League has finally come to an end, and a new team has earned the Division 1 championship title along with $5,000 of the $25,000 prize pool. The Finals Weekend was the most dramatic finish yet with prize mon...
FM Mike Klein, Chess.com's onsite correspondent at the 2021 FIDE World Championship and the Chief Chess Officer of ChessKid, caught up with GM Ian Nepomniachtchi for an interview a couple of days after the match with GM Magnus Carlsen. Feel free t...
GM Magnus Carlsen might be letting go of his world title in classical chess unless GM Alireza Firouzja will be his opponent in 2023. "If someone other than Firouzja wins the Candidates Tournament, it is unlikely that I will play the next world cha...
GM Wesley So defeated GM Nihal Sarin by a slender 15-14 margin in the first semifinal match of the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. So thus becomes the first player to reach the finals of the event; the other semifinal match is scheduled ...
"This time I can say I am fully satisfied with my performance and that's a great feeling," said GM Magus Carlsen after being crowned for the fifth time as world chess champion on Sunday. Meanwhile, one of his seconds, GM Daniil Dubov, was criticiz...
Chess.com is excited to announce that the 2022 Puzzle Battle World Championship starts on January 6 at 9 a.m. PST/18:00 CET. In this electrifying event, 16 of the world's fastest tactical experts will battle for their share of the $25,000 prize fu...
GM Magnus Carlsen is on the verge of defending his world title after scoring his third win in the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship on Tuesday. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi committed an even bigger blunder than in the previous game, this time allowing a...
With another win in game eight of the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship, GM Magnus Carlsen extended his lead to two points going into the third rest day. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi initially defended creatively in another Petroff but then blundered a ...