GM Andrey Esipenko on Thursday won the $25,000 first prize at the Qatar Masters, one of the strongest opens of the year. GM Arjun Erigaisi could only draw his final round game and finished in a tie for second place, which means GM Fabiano Caruana ...
The London Chess Classic (LCC) was one of the first tournaments I heard of when I first entered the chess world in 2020. Previously hosted in West London at the Kensington Olympia, a place I had only ever visited for Christmas markets, the Classic...
Chess is not the only sport forced to deal with cheating. Now the world of backgammon is rocked by its own scandal. The U.S. Backgammon Federation (USBGF) announced their decision last week, following an investigation into cheating during the 20...
World Champion Ding Liren was on the ropes in game 13, but down to four minutes for 10 moves he spotted the only defense to thwart GM Gukesh Dommaraju and now goes into the final game of the 2024 FIDE World Championship level at 6.5-6.5. Guke...
A week after both Titled Tuesday tournaments were decided by tiebreaks, this week both tournaments were full-point triumphs for the victors. Those winners were GM Volodymyr Onyshchuk in the first event of the day and GM Jeffery Xiong in the s...
The best athletes in the world can react to a situation in less than a second. GM Axel Smith has proven that in chess, it's not much different. We're happy to announce that you can now work on your chess instincts with the Woodpecker Method 2: Pos...
GM Daniel Naroditsky on Monday won the Tournament of the Accused, an event organized by runner-up GM Hikaru Nakamura and sponsored by streaming platform Kick.com. Several of the participants had been "accused": they were players whose recent resul...
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...
World Champion Ding Liren played a flawless game from start to finish to beat GM Gukesh Dommaraju and level the scores in the 2024 FIDE World Championship at 6-6 with just two games to go. When Gukesh played fast in a seemingly quiet opening, ever...
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...
Indian 18-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju has taken a 6-5 lead with just three games to go after a blunder by Chinese World Champion Ding Liren (32) suddenly ended the thrilling game 11 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship. Gukesh's hyperaggressive op...
A spirited performance by GM Hikaru Nakamura in Saturday's Bullet Brawl saw him return to the throne and collect the $400 first prize after consecutive second-place finishes in November. 72 wins, 28 of which were part of a timely winning streak,...
World Champion Ding Liren hesitated on move one against GM Gukesh Dommaraju in game 10 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship, but then he repeated 1.d4 and the London System and got a risk-free position with a small edge. He failed to apply any pres...
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 Gukesh Dommaraju slipped in a promising position in game nine to allow World Champion Ding Liren to liquidate to a draw and leave the 2024 FIDE World Championship tied at 4.5-4.5 with just five games to go. The players now have a rest day on Fr...
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...
Both GM Gukesh Dommaraju and World Champion Ding Liren missed wins as game eight of the 2024 FIDE World Championship ended in a 51-move draw. Ding switched to 1.c4, was again surprised in the opening, but had stabilized just when he blundered into...
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...
Both Titled Tuesday events of December 3 went down to the wire, with GM Denis Lazavik emerging ahead of GMs Javokhir Sindarov and Matthias Bluebaum in the early tournament on tiebreaks, and GM Hikaru Nakamura getting the tiebreak over GM Alireza F...
India's GM Gukesh Dommaraju had Chinese World Champion Ding Liren on the ropes in game seven of the 2024 FIDE World Championship, with a heartbreaking move-40 blunder looking likely to cost Ding the game even after he'd found a way to survive. He ...
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 ...
A new conference during the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships in New York is set to bridge the world of chess and finance. The event is bound to be a treat for anyone able to afford the $1,000 ticket—or the $5,000 VIP tickets t...
