GM Andrey Esipenko has snatched the final spot in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament after beating GM Nodirbek Yakubboev 2-0 to take third place in the 2025 FIDE World Cup. Yakubboev had to win on demand, but blundered into a crushing line where ...
It wasn't easy, but the St. Louis University (SLU) chess team won the Collegiate Chess League (CCL) championship, defeating the University of Texas, Dallas, 8.5-7.5 in a tense match. SLU also won the championship in the Spring 2025 season, jo...
Update: Anna Cramling's 1.d4 repertoire is now complete with the release of Part 2, fighting the King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, Dutch, and more
Enough with prep collapsing or panicking before move 10—steer the game toward positions that you ...
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GM Andrey Esipenko recovered from his heartbreaking blunder the day before to beat GM Nodirbek Yakubboev. He now leads the battle for both third place in the 2025 FIDE World Cup and the final spot in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. In the tit...
After nearly four decades, cult classic musical Chess returned to Broadway last weekend, this time to a wave of mixed reviews.
As Chess.com reported back in May, the revival marks the first Broadway production of the musical since its shor...
GM Andrey Esipenko was on course to qualify for the 2025 FIDE World Cup final and the Candidates but first missed a win and then blundered a whole rook against GM Wei Yi to lose 1.5-0.5. The Chinese star will face GM Javokhir Sindarov in…
Turkey's prodigious GM Ediz Gurel won his second Bullet Brawl of the month on Saturday after posting a 22-game unbeaten streak and staving off a late challenge from GM Nihal Sarin. Gurel scored 157 points, three more than the Indian super-GM, and ...
The Semifinals of the 2025 FIDE World Cup will be decided in tiebreaks after the second classical games both ended in draws. GM Andrey Esipenko tried to massage a risk-free edge against GM Wei Yi's Petroff, while GM Javokhir Sindarov took an early...
GM Denis Lazavik has booked his spot in the semifinals of the 2025 Speed Chess Championship and will play GM Magnus Carlsen live in London after defeating GM Hans Niemann 15.5-9.5 on Friday. Lazavik won 11 games and lost only five against Niemann,...