Neither player made progress toward their first World Cup victory as GM Magnus Carlsen held GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu to a draw in the first game of the 2023 FIDE World Cup final. A well-prepared Praggnanandhaa posed some problems to the ...
Raids, counter-raids and lots of loot: that’s what fans of Chess.com, Clash of Clans and Clash Royale can look forward to in September as two giant gaming empires get together for a month of cross-platform battles.
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Chess.com is excited to launch the Variants Community Series (VCS), a series of events and competitions for streamers and our dedicated and growing variants community. Every two months, we'll be featuring a different variant for you to discover, l...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, and Wesley So move on to the Division I Winners Semifinals of the 2023 Julius Baer Generation Cup after winning their matches on day one.
Carlsen, Firouzja, and So all won their matches...
GM Magnus Carlsen has booked his spot in the 2023 FIDE World Cup final after winning his match against GM Nijat Abasov by a margin of 1.5/2. Abasov fought valiantly to keep his world cup hopes alive and played a near-perfect game on Sunday however...
The Tata Steel Rapid & Blitz Women's tournament was inaugurated at Kolkata, India, on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, with a short ceremony and drawing of lots. The event pits five of the best Indian women players against five invited global stars...
GM Alireza Firouzja has become the fourth player to sweep both ends of a Titled Tuesday, joining GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in accomplishing the feat. Firouzja won the early event on August 29 with 9.5 points, then ...
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WR Chess completed their phenomenal run on the final day of the World Rapid Team Championship, clinching first with a round to spare. It was truly a team victory as every member contr...
The 2023 Speed Chess Championship is sprinting towards us, with only a week left before the main event begins! Sixteen of the game's quickest thinkers will compete to see who can make it over the finish line and be crowned as this year's Speed Che...
Chess has been given a major boost in England after the U.K. government announced a combined package worth almost £1 million ($1.25 million) to fund the English Chess Federation (ECF). The funding will support children playing chess and impr...