At just 13 years of age, GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus has become the youngest-ever player to record a rating of 2600, demolishing the previous record by close to a year. Upon returning to school in Turkiye, he received a hero's welcome. The Turkish pr...
GM Magnus Carlsen staved off a spirited challenge from GM Alireza Firouzja to prevail with a score of 2.5-1.5 in the Winners Bracket Finals of the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024. He will now face the Losers Bracket winner in the tournament's Gran...
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the 10th edition of the Gashimov Memorial on Saturday in Susha, Azerbaijan. The Russian grandmaster, who played in the tournament for the first time, finished ahead of GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. ...
The underdogs roared as the 2024 Collegiate Chess League Fall (CCL) began on Saturday. The bottom boards led Saint Louis to victory over Athens. In an even bigger twist, Virginia defeated the top-seeded Missouri team. Boards three and four, GM D...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is one win away from his 30th Bullet Brawl title after stringing together a 42-game winning streak during Saturday's event and claiming the $400 first prize. Nakamura's 75/78 performance earned him a score of 284, 16 points clea...
GM Magnus Carlsen's dramatic match against GM Levon Aronian and GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's brilliant attacking masterpiece against GM Ian Nepomniachtchi were the highlights of day four of the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024. GM Alireza Firouzja...
GMs Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Levon Aronian, and Alexander Grischuk advance to the Division I Winners Semifinals of the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024, after respectively defeating GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi, Vladimir Fedoseev, Maxime Vachier...
The exciting Vishy vs. the World vote chess match against GM Viswanathan Anand is fast approaching, beginning on Monday, September 30. Chess.com has recruited a star squad of four coaching advisors to provide analysis and recommend moves (reflecti...
It's official: the Chess.com Streamers Program is expanding to YouTube. After the latest upgrades from our tech team, showcasing your YouTube stream on Chess.com is just as easy as showcasing your Twitch stream. Our goal is to support creators w...
The three divisions of the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024 are set to begin. After a Play-in and two Division Placement matches, we will see the following players in Division I: GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Arjun Erigaisi, Levon Aronian...
The fourth and last online event of the Champions Chess Tour is underway, and soon, the full field of eight players will be all set for the finals. While we don't yet know who'll join GMs Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrav...
Move over, record-breaking prodigies like GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, IM Faustino Oro, and WFM Bodhana Sivanandan. Manuel Alvarez Escudero from Spain is 102 years old and celebrates eight (!) decades as a tournament player. He shows no signs of slowin...
GM Vladimir Fedoseev won the Play-in of the Julius Baer Generation Cup 2024 with a final-round victory with the black pieces against GM Wesley So. Although Fedoseev lost in round four against GM Vasif Durarbayli, he won seven of the eight other ga...
After GM Hans Niemann edged out GM Vladimir Kramnik on tiebreaks in the early Titled Tuesday of September 24, GM Magnus Carlsen won outright in the late event, his only blemish being a ninth-round loss to GM Hikaru Nakamura, who finished second. ...
India is the future of chess and the future is now. That's one summary of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad, which saw GM Gukesh Dommaraju, GM Arjun Erigaisi, IM Divya Deshmukh, and IM Vantika Agrawal claim team and individual gold as India dominated t...
Russian and Belarusian chess teams will remain banned, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) decided at the General Assembly on Sunday. Instead, delegates voted in favor of a motion to consider lifting some restrictions for vulnerable groups. ...
We're excited to announce the 2024 US Masters, the strongest open tournament in the United States, taking place in Charlotte, North Carolina, and hosted by the Charlotte Chess Center, Chess.com's official partner. The event starts on November 27 a...
GMs Gukesh Dommaraju, Arjun Erigaisi, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu all won as the Indian men wrapped up victory in the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad with a statement 3.5-0.5 win over Slovenia. They finished a full four points ahead of five teams, with...
GM Andrew Tang won his fourth Bullet Brawl by a 20-point margin over GM Hikaru Nakamura. Tang began and ended on undefeated streaks to score 256 and take home the $400 first prize. Nakamura won $250 for second place. IM Renato Terry ea...
India is on the brink of winning gold after beating the United States 2.5-1.5 in round 10 of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad. Just as in Chennai, GM Gukesh Dommaraju defeated GM Fabiano Caruana while GM Arjun Erigaisi took down GM Leinier Doming...
IM Nhat Minh To won every match in the Chess.com Duck Chess Championship 2024, defeating IM Eric Rosen in the Grand Final to clinch the title. After losing to the eventual winner in the Semifinals, Rosen fought his way through th...
Two days before the General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) prepares for a possibly pivotal vote to decide whether to lift sanctions on the Russian and Belarusian chess federations, the U.S. State Department has issued a stat...
Uzbekistan is the first team in the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad to keep from losing a match against India, holding an equal 2-2 match score with four draws. India still leads by two points. GM Leinier Dominguez led the U.S. to a 2.5-1.5 victory again...
Swedish chess player and influencer WFM Anna Cramling has revealed that she is among the many female players who were harassed by a male chess player, expressing her dismay at the punishment handed down to the perpetrator. Latvian IM Andrejs Str...
