The end of the year is always a busy time in chess, and that is true once again as we enter the final two months of 2024. There is a world championship starting, while past world champions are—virtually—on the comeback trail in what wa...
Every chess player dreams of playing a brilliant move or a spectacular game. More serious players hope to put together a masterful tournament and claim first prize. Yet, it's only the best of the best who can lay claim to have played the best tour...
If the title of this article made you think that it is another showcase of GM Mikhail Tal's magic, you would be wrong. Today, we are going to talk about a brilliant player from the past who is partially forgotten or at least not as well known as o...
In a spicy new episode of Chess.com's Lie Detector Chess, Andrea Botez dives into everything from her life as a content creator and competitive chess player, her dating life, her dynamic with her sister, and even candid thoughts on her appearance....
IM Alex Astaneh Lopez earned his international master title in 2011, but he is more than just a great chess player. Alex coached the Irish junior team in the 2010 World Youth Championships and has helped countless individuals improve their chess a...
Have you ever wondered how a Chess.com Daily Puzzle is made, and who or what is responsible for sharing a fresh Daily Puzzle each day, serving over one million daily solvers? I’m National Master Dane Mattson, aka @Fischwitsch, and I am the C...
I never imagined I would be one of those uncompromising parents who push their fearful child off the boat, in the middle of a lake, to teach her to swim, fast, and the hard way. Yet, here I stood battling with my eight-year-old daughter, Lea*, in ...
Have you ever played against a grandmaster in a chess game? How long did you survive? If you lasted more than than 12 moves, then you did better than former world champion GM Anatoly Karpov in his roughest game, against GM Larry Christiansen. See ...
In 1997, the world watched in amazement as the world chess champion, GM Garry Kasparov, lost to IBM's chess-playing supercomputer, Deep Blue, in a high-profile chess match. Now, the most famous "man vs. machine" battle in history—Kasparov vs...
The FIDE Social Commission (dedicated to using chess as a tool for social development) organized, in cooperation with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, the 4th FIDE Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners as part of FIDE&rsq...
I started my chess blog, really, because I couldn’t figure out what else to do during the dead time of a day. Some people, I suppose, apply makeup, or scroll on social media, or listen to podcasts, but, when I was waiting for a train or some...
Credit for this article goes to Pavel Lint, a senior developer at Chessable. The article is part of a series on Garry Kasparov, the rest of which is available at the Chessable blog. You know what’s interesting about GM Garry Kasparov? Ever...
"You guys are not going to see a nastier thing on the chessboard, maybe in your lifetime." That's what GM Aman Hambleton said right after delivering what is, without exaggeration, probably one of the most incredible checkmates the world has ever s...
Recently I was explaining a concept of a chess X-ray to one of my students. I don't need to do it too often since surprisingly, most chess players, even quite inexperienced ones, know about it. So, I described chess X-rays as a situation where a...
Chess, lies, and confessions. All were in play as WFM Alexandra Botez took center stage in the latest episode of "Lie Detector Chess." The latest installment of the popular video series was released on YouTube last week. Alexandra's sister Andre...
My upcoming book The Chess Revolution tells the story of how chess impacted our Western culture, and how it was impacted itself by the computer and the Internet. It is for chess fans but definitely also for non-chess playing readers. I am super ex...
There's a lot going on at Chess.com right now, and world champions are at the forefront: GM Magnus Carlsen keeps winning Chess.com events; GM Garry Kasparov brings a video course to Chessable; a game of chess between GM Viswanathan Anand and the w...
In less than two years, Phoebe Witte has already earned more than 15,000 followers on Instagram and another 17,000 on Twitch. In addition to everything she does on her own channel, Phoebe has also brought her commentary skills to WGM Dina Belenkay...
The 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest featured 381 teams, but only one winning country. India totally dominated the event, winning both the Open and Women's sections with an unprecedented performance. A very impressive double gold achievement by...
Today's opening theory is the culmination of hundreds of years of meticulous study by the brightest chess minds and strongest chess engines. It is an extensive and minutious body of work built on the dedication and sacrifice of men and women who h...
If you are a chess player and/or fan, you certainly have some thoughts about the game and your preferences within it. Who is the greatest chess player of all-time? Would you rather play with bishops or with knights? What time controls do you...
Stockfish is the strongest chess entity in history. In seconds, it can find deep variations that masters of that past could only imagine. Last time, we examined the most famous move of GM Bobby Fischer's career. Today, let's examine GM Garry Kaspa...
Chris White is an elementary school teacher of more than 20 years, which has helped make him an excellent coach for scholastic, beginner, and intermediate students. He also runs the Novice Chess Channel on YouTube, with lessons aimed at novice pla...
Chess is more popular now than it has ever been. We see articles about chess and chess players in all major media outlets. As a result, chess fans know very well the current chess stars, from established elite players like GM Magnus Carlsen to upc...
Chess Played Quick (CPQ) is Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes. Chess Played Quick - Discord Bot Battles happens on September 19 at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CET/21:30 p.m. IST. Top streamers have two hour...
