Russian chess has suffered another blow as their former national team coach GM Alexander Motylev has switched federations and joined Romania. The former national and European champion joins a growing list of Russian grandmasters who no longer repr...
Once again, the Kansas City Chiefs secured a victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. This time, the win was on the chessboard, not the field. In a dramatic final, between Bengal's cornerback Chidobe Awuzie and Chiefs linebacker Drue Tranquill, t...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen beat fellow former World Champion Viswanathan Anand on day two of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 in Dubai, but it was Anand's Ganges Grandmasters who won the match and boast the only perfect score. ...
Former World Champions Vishy Anand and Hou Yifan both scored big wins as their team, the Ganges Grandmasters, cruised to victory on day one of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 in Dubai.
GM Alexander Grischuk was the day's o...
Chess.com is excited to announce that our previously monthly Bullet Brawl is now happening every week! Starting in July, our bullet arena for titled players is going weekly, with a $1,000 prize fund for each event. Every Saturday beginning at...
GM Fabiano Caruana increased his lead to 2.5 points after outwitting GM Wesley So through the armageddon tiebreaker to move on to 16 points with just one round to go at Norway Chess 2023. In the crucial final round on Friday, he will face another…
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk won the B-Cup 2 presented by Chess.com, hosted at Espot Paris on June 17. In the final, she scored a perfect 3-0 to defeat GM Pavel Tregubov.
GM Laurent Fressinet and IM Wojtek Sochacki were semifinalists. GM Etienne...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and GM Dmitrij Kollars of Germany were the winners of Titled Tuesday on June 20. GM Gata Kamsky, who won one of last week's events, nearly pulled it off again in the early tournament, finishing second behind Vac...
Who would have seen this coming before 2020, The Queen’s Gambit, and the rise of chess as an esport? Chess.com, the world’s leading chess platform, has been named in TIME’s prestigious 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023 ...
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In a final loaded with amazing tactics and stunning technique, GM Gukesh D. defeated GM Raunak Sadhwani by a seven-point margin to become the 2023 Junior Speed Chess Champion. ...