NM Anthony Levin caught the chess bug at the "late" age of 18 and never turned back. He earned his national master title in 2021, actually the night before his first day of work at Chess.com.
Anthony, who also earned his Master's in teaching English in 2018, taught English and chess in New York schools for five years and strives to make chess content accessible and enjoyable for people of all ages. At Chess.com, he writes news articles and manages social media for chess24.
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In a YouTube video entitled "Being a Chess Professional (in Europe) sucks." Austrian GM Felix Blohberger spoke out about several challenges professional players face outside of the elite (top 30). "This video is not there to blame a...
GM Gata Kamsky, a former FIDE world championship challenger and world number-four, spoke earnestly about his difficult past on Ilya Levitov's YouTube channel in an interview made available in English last week (originally recorded in October). T...
For the first time since its inception, GM Ray Robson is not the winner of the 2025 Chess.com Puzzles Championship. Fourteen-year-old GM Andy Woodward, who was the runner-up in 2024, reversed the narrative this year. He also picked up $1,500 ...
GMs Ray Robson, Andy Woodward, Daniel Naroditsky, Pranav Venkatesh, and Raunak Sadhwani, as well as IMs Liam Putnam, Yoseph Theolifus Taher, and Anthony Atasanov, have qualified for the eight-player Knockout in the 2025 Chess.com Puzzles Champions...
FIDE's last events of 2024 crowned five world champions: World Rapid Champion Volodar Murzin, Women's World Rapid Champion Koneru Humpy, Women's World Blitz Champion Ju Wenjun, and finally Blitz World Co-Champions Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniach...
The top eight players of the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship and FIDE Women's World Blitz Chess Championship have qualified for their respective knockout tournaments on day two. The following eight players advance in the Open: Russian ...
GM Volodar Murzin won the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship with an undefeated 10/13 score. At 18 years old, he is the second-youngest rapid world champion in history, after GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who was 17 during his victory in 2021. ...
GM Magnus Carlsen will no longer participate in the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship or the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship after a dress-code disagreement with FIDE. He finishes the Rapid with a 5/8 score and will not defend his doubl...
GMs Volodar Murzin, Shant Sargsyan, Leinier Dominguez, and Daniel Naroditsky lead the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship after five rounds. GM Denis Lazavik, on 3.5/5, defeated pre-tournament favorite GM Magnus Carlsen, on 2.5/5, in our Game...
GM Magnus Carlsen has just won the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Finals in Oslo, Norway. It's Carlsen's fifth Champions Chess Tour title, and he's the only player to win the event since it began in 2020. He's added another trophy to the collection as ...
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 4-1 to win the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Finals and his fifth consecutive Champions Chess Tour title. Again earning the $200,000 first prize, Carlsen has won every edition of the Champions Chess Tou...
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have advanced to the title match of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Finals. Carlsen defeated GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 3.5-1.5, even after missing a checkmate-in-two he could have played in the final game. N...
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja made it to the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Finals Semifinals by finishing as numbers one and two in the round-robin, while GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave advanced through the Survival Stage....
GM Magnus Carlsen leads the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Finals Round-Robin with 5/6, despite dropping one loss to Alireza Firouzja on Wednesday. Three players follow just one point behind: GMs Firouzja, Denis Lazavik, and Ian Nepomniachtchi. ...
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Denis Lazavik lead the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Finals round-robin after three rounds on the opening day, with perfect scores. GM Wesley So came as close as you can get to defeating the world-number one without actually win...
For the first time, the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships are taking place in the United States. The premier speed chess tournaments will be held on Wall Street in New York City with a brand new format including a knockout in the Blitz. B...
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Alexander Donchenko won the inaugural 2024 Saint Louis Masters with 6.5/9, each earning $17,500 without any tiebreaks. For Caruana, the reigning U.S. Champion, it was a bittersweet ending. He had led the nine-round tourna...
NM Janak Awatramani won the 2024 Crazyhouse Championship after defeating GM Lars Oskar Hauge 4.5-2.5 in the Grand Final, earning $2,000 in the last event of the 2024 Community Chess Championships. The tournament series occurred once a month with a...
GM Lars Oskar Hauge won Qualifier 7 and GM Andrew Tang won Qualifier 8 to fill the last two spots available in the 2024 Crazyhouse Championship Knockout Final. They join the other six players who will participate in the double-elimination Knockout...
Have you ever been on a streak? If you win more than 10 games in a row do you sense the statistics police peering into your game history? Has an opponent called your brilliant move a little too brilliant? GM Hikaru Nakamura is proud to announce...
GM Jeffery Xiong won Qualifier 5, and FM Roee Aroesti won Qualifier 6 of the 2024 Crazyhouse Championship, the final event of this year's Chess.com Community Championship series. There are just two more qualifying spots open for the Knockout on Fr...
IM Mark Plotkin and NM Janak Awatramani, both from Canada, respectively won Qualifiers 3 and 4 of the 2024 Crazyhouse Championship, the final event of the Chess.com Community Championship series. Half the seats in the Knockout are taken, and the r...
NM Isaac Chiu and NM Jalen Wang respectively won Qualifiers 1 and 2 of the 2024 Crazyhouse Championship, the final event of the Chess.com Community Championship series. There are six qualifying spots left for the Knockout on Friday. [Updated on ...
GM Fabiano Caruana won the 2024 U.S. Masters with 8/9, winning all of his games except for a loss in round six against GM Nikolas Theodorou, who finished in clear second. Besides receiving $7,500 plus a trophy, Caruana also gains 17.11 FIDE Circui...
GM Nihal Sarin won the 3rd President Cup, a strong, nine-round Swiss held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He earned the $25,000 first prize after scoring 7.5/9 undefeated with a performance rating of 2809. Final Standings | Top 15 Rk. ...
