GM Kateryna Lagno has withdrawn from the 2025 FIDE Women’s Grand Prix India in Pune, India, which is part of the women’s world championship cycle. FIDE published that Lagno, as well as IM Sara Khadem, withdrew from the tournament that'...
GM Hikaru Nakamura took home his first Freestyle Friday on March 28, scoring nine points and winning on tiebreaks against four other players on the same score: GMs Alexey Sarana, Jose Martinez, Jeffery Xiong, and Christopher Yoo. It was the third ...
What's more human than this? A recent study by a group of California researchers has shown than some artificial intelligence (AI) programs cheat at chess without any stakes on the outcome of the game.
In the study, several prominent chatbots wer...
GM Matthias Bluebaum is the first player to win the European Chess Championship two times. He previously won gold in 2022 and is also the only German to top the event in its 25-year history. He finished in a three-way tie on 8.5/11 with GMs…
GM Kirill Shevchenko, the world's 75th highest-rated player, has been handed a three-year worldwide ban from chess, with one year suspended. The 22-year-old has admitted to hiding a phone in the toilet but denied that he "effectively" cheated and ...
We're excited to announce that everyone's favorite chess tournament for amateurs is back! Starting April 29, PogChamps 6 will bring 12 celebrity creators and professional athletes together to participate in the world's funniest and most unique che...
GM Javokhir Sindarov won the early Titled Tuesday on March 25 on tiebreaks ahead of World Champion GM Gukesh Dommaraju and GM Hikaru Nakamura, although Nakamura scored his 9.5 points in just 10 games after missing round three, which also hurt his ...
A day after winning the 2025 American Cup, GM Hikaru Nakamura picked up another $5,000 with his first-place finish in the 2025 American Cup Blitz. After two weeks of battling with the U.S.'s best players, he leaves St. Louis with a total of $95,00...
GM Anna Muzychuk has won the 2025 Nicosia FIDE Women's Grand Prix on tiebreaks ahead of GM Zhu Jiner, though both players take 117.5 Grand Prix points and €15,500 (~$16,750) each. The last round ended in five draws, but only after IM Olga Bad...
More than 40 years after the BBC first dipped its programming toe into chess with The Master Game, the network has returned this month with Chess Masters: The Endgame, which airs at 8 p.m. GMT on Monday nights. One the main differences between tha...