Anastasios Koukas and Michael Duke emerged at the top of the 2000+ section in the qualifiers for the ChessPunks Champs 2023.
In the 1700-1999 division, EvertonEejit clinched the first qualifier with a round to spare while Tushar Anand won the se...
GM Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival, now in its ninth edition since starting in 2007, is one of the true highlights of the chess calendar. Held in Budapest, Hungary, and also online, it attracts thousands of chess fans from around the world fo...
Nearly every single game was decisive in the 2023 U.S. Championship on Tuesday. The frontrunners have begun to distinguish themselves as they accumulate victories. GM Fabiano Caruana won a third game in a row, gaining a winning position vs. G...
Ryan Sanborn added his name to a coveted list of gridiron chess champions on Tuesday after making his way to the finals and defeating the top seed Robert Sweeney, in an overtime blitz game during BlitzChamps: Texas on Tuesday.
Joined by si...
Chess.com will be present at TwitchCon Las Vegas between October 20-22, with a range of exciting activities and events planned for members of the chess community.
The upcoming edition of TwitchCon will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Cent...
Freedom Holding, the Kazakh financial firm that has sponsored some of FIDE's major events in the last year and is run by billionaire Timur Turlov, is now under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to CNBC.
The American busi...
The I’M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship (IMSCC), the event that pits your favorite players who've not (yet) made GM, is back for its 2023 edition this week—and we can't wait until it kicks off on Thursday, October 12 at 11 a.m. ET/ 1...
It started with a Chess.com account during the pandemic. Now 9-year-old FM Faustino Oro from Argentina has made history as the youngest player ever to score an IM norm.
The prodigy, dubbed the "Messi of Chess" by Argentinian media, made headline...
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was again in sparkling form as he defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 to earn another shot at GM Magnus Carlsen in Friday's 2023 AI Cup Grand Final. Nepomniachtchi had earlier knocked out GM Anish Giri 1.5-0.5.
GM Vladim...
Offerspill Chess Club was crowned as the champions in the open division of the recently concluded 2023 European Chess Club Cup (ECCC) after scoring six match wins and a draw against some of the world's top club teams in Durres, Albania.
Led by G...