All four 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup round-four tiebreaks were won by Indian players. GMs Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy were the first to book Quarterfinals spots, defeating GMs Zhu Jiner and Alexandra Kosteniuk respectively 1.5-0.5 in the ...
For the third time in seven weeks, Freestyle Friday was almost over before it started on July 18, with GM Dmitry Andreikin becoming the third player to take the tournament on a perfect 11/11 score, following GM Jeffery Xiong on June 6 and GM Hikar...
12 matches go to tiebreaks in round two of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup. In a fighting second game of classical chess, we saw six win on demand. Notably, 2023 World Cup winner GM Aleksandra Goryachkina staved off elimination for at least anothe...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced a strong field for the highly anticipated FIDE Grand Swiss 2025, scheduled to take place September 3-16 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
2025 has been packed with great chess events, but many more...
A 10-hour marathon day at the $750,000 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas saw GM Levon Aronian follow up his elimination of GM Magnus Carlsen on Wednesday by knocking out GM Hikaru Nakamura 2,5-1.5 on Thursday.
Aronian is joined in the s...
Second seed GM Zhu Jiner struck back with a powerful game against IM Divya Deshmukh to take their 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup round four match to tiebreaks. Chinese stars GM Lei Tingjie, GM Tan Zhongyi, and IM Song Yuxin all sealed Quarterfinal sp...
GM Levon Aronian made a statement at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas on Wednesday by defeating GM Magnus Carlsen 2-0 in a tiebreak showdown, keeping his chances alive of winning the $200,000 first prize, and in the process, condemning Car...
19-year-old Indian IM Divya Deshmukh has one foot in the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup Quarterfinals after scoring an impressive win over Chinese number-two seed GM Zhu Jiner as round four began in Batumi. The remaining three Chinese players—G...
Nineteen-year-old Dutch IM Eline Roebers set a new record in June, becoming the highest-rated woman in the history of Chess.com. Her new rating of 2932 beat GM Kateryna Lagno's previous record of 2928.
ELINE IS UNSTOPPABLE! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/g...
NBA superstar Victor "Wemby" Wembanyama is bringing his passion for chess back home. The San Antonio Spurs phenom is hosting a chess tournament in his hometown in France on Sunday, July 20.
The French NBA sensation has already given his hometown...