One of the world's most prestigious tournaments is facing a significant hurdle as FIDE has announced a public appeal to the Canadian authorities to expedite the visa process for several players. Update, March 2: Canadian Chess Federation President...
Chess.com is excited to announce our newest chess variant, Chess With Checkers! This fresh variant follows the same rules as regular chess, with one exception: everything on the board looks like checkers pieces. Click the button below to try ...
Today, FIDE, the chess world-governing body, made a significant move in an attempt to combat rating deflation and improve the accuracy of the ranking system by adjusting the rating for hundreds of thousands of players. Nonetheless, the extensive o...
It’s March, and murder is afoot! Play against five suspects in this month-long chess murder mystery! Check back throughout the month as you unlock new dialogue, clues, and hints while playing these five fun characters. Solve The Myst...
Get ready to do some damage. Learn how to go straight for your opponent's throat from move one with GM Jan Gustafsson's new Aggressive 1.e4 Repertoire Part I on Chessable! Click the button below to try out the Short & Sweet free version o...
Last week, FIDE launched the ChessMom initiative, a pilot project that will offer financial assistance to ten female players traveling with their infants to the 45th Chess Olympiad, which takes place in Budapest, Hungary, this September. All expen...
They’ve got their offensive lines ready, and they’re ready to sack! But we’re not talking gridiron here, this is a game on another grid—chess. Next month the Maryland Terrapins become the latest team to take the field for...
What is the future of chess? Which formats will be popular? How much of a punch does chessboxing pack? These are some of the burning questions Chess.com's panel of experts will examine at this year's MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Starti...
British rising star WCM Bodhana Sivanandan has delivered another extraordinary performance that is likely to catapult her to world number-one among chess players under nine years years of age. The schoolgirl now boasts one of the highest ratings e...
On Sunday, eight-year-old Ashwath Kaushik from Singapore smashed the record to become the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess. Just a month prior Leonid Ivanovic from Serbia dethroned GM Awonder Liang to become the fi...
Chess.com is excited to announce the launch of Team Chess Battle—a new tournament that brings banter, chat, and great games from some of the best in the business. What makes this event different? It’s a 2v2 team tournament where the ...
GM Hikaru Nakamura recently extended his record on Chess.com to become the first player ever to break 3400 in blitz. His new high of 3405 is 28 points higher than number two on the list, GM Magnus Carlsen. The electrifying online blitz rivalry b...
Chess.com is ready to knock it outta the park again with the launch of a new tournament featuring stars from the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team. SlugChamps: Guardians Chess Club will pit eight teammates from one of America’...
The Saint Louis Chess Club has announced its lineup for this year’s American Cup boasting "16 of the strongest chess players in America." Eight GMs are on the roster for the $250,000 Open section headed by U.S. number-one GM Fabiano Caruan...
The Saint Louis Chess Club has banned GM Hans Niemann for the remainder of 2024, citing alleged inappropriate behavior and damage to private property. The grandmaster has dismissed the accusations as "blatant disinformation." Edited on 2/2/2024:...
"Here ye, here ye! Gather round as I tell a tale about the Kingdom Chess App that was just announced!" a wise knight once said. In this app, you can play chess against worthy opponents for gold, battle bots, solve fun missions, and build up YOUR k...
13-year-old U.S. IM Andy Woodward has secured his final norm to become the world's 10th youngest grandmaster in history. At the same event, 12-year-old Turkish IM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus picked up his second norm and edged closer to breaking a rating ...
If you're just starting out with chess, you will blunder your pieces. It's just a fact of life. But while this is an inevitable part of your chess journey, it doesn't need to be a permanent one. Avoid the most common beginner mistakes and learn ho...
18-year-old rising Indian star IM Divya Deshmukh has boldly called out sexism in the chess world following her participation in Tata Steel Chess, expressing frustration with comments about her appearance. Deshmukh finished 12th with 4.5 points i...
IM Veselin Pantev, a prominent figure in the Bulgarian chess community, succumbed to cancer last month, leaving behind his grieving wife, WGM Adriana Nikolova, their 4-year-old daughter, and his other two children. On December 28, at the age ...
India’s greatest ever chess player, the legendary GM Viswanathan Anand, has signed as a brand ambassador for Chess.com. The five-time world champion will bring his incredible knowledge and experience to the world’s biggest chess plat...
Analyzing your games just got easier with the new Explore tab in our Analysis, Game Review, and Classroom pages. Quickly see the moves masters played, game results, engine evaluations, and more all in one easy-to-use interface. With this upgrade...
Leonid Ivanovic from Serbia has earned his place in the history books by becoming the first player under the age of nine to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess. The chess world has recently been witnessing a surge in children scoring e...
FM Brandon Burrows achieved his first IM norm by winning one game and making nine draws that lasted an average of 10 moves. Now the World Chess Federation (FIDE) has invalidated the Las Vegas tournament and U.S. Chess has confirmed an investigatio...
