In a decision by the FIDE Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) published on Monday, 43-year-old Latvian IM Andrejs Strebkovs will lose his international master title and his ban from attending FIDE-rated events has been extended from five ye...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju leads his first tournament as world champion after defeating GM Leon Luke Mendonca in round nine to move to 6.5/9 in the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters. He's half a point ahead of GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who made a draw agains...
Athens scored their first victory, against Virginia, in the Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 (CCL), and Saint Louis scored another point against Texas to go on a perfect 2/2. While the first match was one-sided, Saint Louis staged a great comeb...
German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner, the head of Freestyle Chess, has fired back at the International Chess Federation's (FIDE) threats of legal action, labeling it "blackmail," and alleging that FIDE demanded $500,000 for the rights to use th...
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Wei Yi kept alive their hopes of winning a second Tata Steel Chess Masters title with late wins with Black to move within a point of GMs Gukesh Dommaraju, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. Caruana pounce...
Four months after winning his fourth Bullet Brawl title, GM Andrew Tang returned to the top spot in Saturday's event, notching 76 wins and six draws. When he finished with a winning score of 287, 65 points stood between Tang and his nearest challe...
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju goes into the second half of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters in the joint lead with GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu after beating GM Pentala Harikrishna in round seven. GM Max Warmerdam sco...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov was at his ruthless best as he built up a winning advantage against GM Gukesh Dommaraju in round six of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, but the world champion once more demonstrated incredible resistance to escape with ...
Welcome to Freestyle Friday! In the inaugural edition of this event, 476 players took their shot at becoming its first champion, a very auspicious sign in what is sure to become a can't-miss part of every week for players, spectators, and Freestyl...
Russian and Belarusian teams will again be allowed to compete in youth and disabled team events, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced today. The world governing chess body said in its statement on Friday that they will allow Russi...
The Swedish chess community had an unforgettable moment this week when living legend GM Pia Cramling and her daughter WFM Anna Cramling made a surprise appearance on national television during one of Sweden's most-watched events. The duo t...
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 Vladimir Fedoseev pounced on an endgame mistake to beat GM Fabiano Caruana in round five of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters and has now defeated the world numbers one, two, and four in the space of four months. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov caught...
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...
Titled Tuesday set a participation record for the third straight week on January 21, with 996 players joining, the most of the doubles era (since February 1, 2022). GM Hikaru Nakamura won his second straight Titled Tuesday in the event with tiebre...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has criticized Freestyle Chess for branding its upcoming Grand Slam tour as a "World Championship," claiming the move threatens to divide the chess community and warning of potential legal action. The on...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is the sole leader of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters on 3.5/4 after smoothly outplaying GM Leon Luke Mendonca for a third win in a row. GM Pentala Harikrishna scored the day's most beautiful win by sacrificing both ...
Missouri and Saint Louis were the first victors of the Collegiate Chess League Spring 2025 (CCL) as the fresh season kicked off on Saturday. The returning champion Missouri team defeated Virginia by a massive 11-point margin. Their bottom ...
GMs Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored the only wins in round three of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters to take the lead on 2.5/3. Praggnanandhaa outplayed GM Arjun Erigaisi in a strategic masterpiece, while Abdusattorov s...
No one has a perfect score after round two of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, but GMs Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu all won to join GMs Gukesh Dommaraju and Vincent Keymer in the lead on 1.5/2. There coul...
GM Daniel Naroditsky snatched victory from GMs Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja and secured his third straight Bullet Brawl title after chalking up two five-move wins over CM Volen Dyulgerov and Firouzja in the dying seconds of the arena. Narod...
GM Gukesh Dommaraju has won his first game as world champion despite staring defeat in the face against GM Anish Giri in round one of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters. Giri blundered last, while Gukesh's world championship helpers GMs Vincent Key...
GM Hikaru Nakamura and Kick are thrilled to present Chess 4 The Masses Sponsored by Kick, a two-tournament event for untitled players that will begin on January 22 at 2:00 p.m. ET/20:00 CET, following in the footsteps of past collaborations betwee...
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 ...
We're excited to announce our newest event, the NextGen Cup! The $20,000 event will take place on February 6 and feature 10 of the African diaspora's most prominent players and personalities. Among the confirmed players, fans will see boy-...
