GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Gukesh Dommaraju, and Saleh Salem all won in round four of the 2023 Qatar Masters to join a seven-way tie for first place on 3.5/4. GM Magnus Carlsen languishes a point back in 29th place after again being involved in the...
19th-seed GM Nodirbek Yakubboev is the shock winner of the Qatar Masters 2023 after the 21-year-old defeated his Uzbekistan namesake GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2-0 in a blitz playoff. Abdusattorov had earlier benefited from a horror blunder by GM Ar...
Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi takes a half-point lead into the final round of the Qatar Masters 2023 after his win over GM David Paravyan ended any lingering title hopes for star GMs such as Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, and Gukesh Dommaraju. GM Hikaru N...
IM Polina Shuvalova won the 2023 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship after defeating IM Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) 10.5-9.5 in the Final. She was the highest-rated player in this year's tournament, by FIDE classical rating, and also the first...
Chess.com is excited to announce the release of GM Fabiano Caruana's Ruy Lopez: Dark Archangel course, now available on Chessable. Consistently ranking as the world number two and widely known for his unparalleled opening preparation, Caruana is i...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen's hopes of making the Qatar Masters 2023 a repeat of his 2015 victory have all but gone after a sacrifice against GM Karthikeyan Murali boomeranged into another loss, this time with the white pieces. GM Arjun Erigai...
We're excited to announce that members can now use the Torch chess engine on our Analysis page. Torch is a new engine developed by the Chess.com team that has quickly risen to the top of the chess engine rankings. Developed in less than eight mont...
After winning Titled Tuesday five times in 2022, GM Jose Martinez entered the October 17, 2023 edition with more than a dozen top-five finishes in 2023 but no victories on the year. He changed that by sweeping this week's event. Martinez, who rout...
The U.S. Women's Championship concluded with a shocking last day of all decisive games that left IM Carissa Yip at the top of the standings, earning her second title.
Defending champion WGM Jennifer Yu influenced the fate of the championship by ...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen exploited a blunder by IM Samant Aditya S to win a third game in four rounds and catch GM Hikaru Nakamura, who was held to a draw by GM David Paravyan. With three rounds to go the favorites are half a…