The latest news from Chess.com. https://www.chess.com/ 2026 Chess.com WGM Jennifer Shahade delivers a case for why chess thinking matters far beyond the board in her new book Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life. The two-time U.S. Women's Champion has long been known as one of the ch... https://www.chess.com/news/view/jennifer-shahade-thinking-sideways Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:48:16 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/jennifer-shahade-thinking-sideways Armenian chess legend GM Smbat Lputian was arrested on Friday as part of a criminal investigation into alleged fraud and forgery, according to national media. He was later released, though charges against him remain in place. The arrest has been... https://www.chess.com/news/view/smbat-lputian-reportedly-arrested Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:37:58 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/smbat-lputian-reportedly-arrested Seventeen-year-old Ukrainian IM Roman Dehtiarov has made history as both the youngest and lowest-seeded player ever to win the European Individual Chess Championship. He started the event in Katowice, Poland ranked 126th out of 501 players, with a... https://www.chess.com/news/view/ukrainian-roman-dehtiarov-historic-win-2026-european-chess-championship Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:31:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/ukrainian-roman-dehtiarov-historic-win-2026-european-chess-championship WFM Alexandra Botez is not intimidated to play chess in front of a legion of strangers online. But now she's about to do something much scarier—play against four kids who are literally younger than Instagram. The next episode of Kids vs. Sta... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-kids-vs-stars-episode-7 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:03:25 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-kids-vs-stars-episode-7 GM Arjun Erigaisi has proven his mettle once again in the Bullet Brawl arena by confirming his second title in a commanding display of attacking chess. Arjun scored 52/63 in two hours for a score of 175 points, earning him the $400 first priz... https://www.chess.com/news/view/arjun-erigaisi-wins-bullet-brawl-april-18-2026 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:22:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/arjun-erigaisi-wins-bullet-brawl-april-18-2026 GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus has taken another step toward chess history. The 14-year-old Turkish prodigy crushed GM Veselin Topalov 5-1 in the Clash of Generations III on Friday, breaking the 2700 barrier on the live rating list for the first time and ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/erdogmus-makes-history-again-to-become-youngest-ever-2700-player Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:34:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/erdogmus-makes-history-again-to-become-youngest-ever-2700-player Luis Ignasio, aka EyeoftheTiger1204, defended his title in the second edition of the 4-Player Chess Championship. Despite starting the first game of the Knockout by finishing last, he made what commentator Jai Sandhu called "a sensational return a... https://www.chess.com/news/view/ignacio-wins-2026-4-player-chess-championship Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:08:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/ignacio-wins-2026-4-player-chess-championship IMs Renato Terry and Karina Ambartsumova extended their records for 3 0 Thursday tournament victories on Thursday, April 16. Terry won a record 11th victory in the third tournament of the day, advancing ahead of GM Jose Martinez for the most wins ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/taher-maghsoodloo-terry-3-0-thursday-04-16-2026 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:01:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/taher-maghsoodloo-terry-3-0-thursday-04-16-2026 The 12-year-old IM Faustino Oro was victorious in Freestyle Friday on April 17, the only of the three co-leaders entering the final round to win his game. GM Pranav Venkatesh finished in second place after leapfrogging the other two, IM Sahib Sing... https://www.chess.com/news/view/oro-wins-freestyle-friday-april-17-2026 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:12:52 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/oro-wins-freestyle-friday-april-17-2026 Chess players now have a great reason to go to Atlanta. Another qualification path to the Esports World Cup (EWC) goes through the DreamHack chess event in Atlanta. The event takes place from May 15 to 17 and offers not only a $50,000 prize fund b... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-dreamhack-atlanta-2026 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:04:04 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-dreamhack-atlanta-2026 GM Javokhir Sindarov blew away the field in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Cyprus to win €170,000 (~$200k) and, much more importantly, earn a world championship match against GM Gukesh Dommaraju. The 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/sindarov-vaishali-win-7-fide-candidates-2026-conclusions Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:43:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/sindarov-vaishali-win-7-fide-candidates-2026-conclusions Kazakh-based investment and technology company Freedom Holding has acquired ChessBase, perhaps the most influential company in chess software and professional training tools over the past three decades. The deal was confirmed in a press release ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/freedom-holding-acquires-german-software-company-chessbase Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:42:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/freedom-holding-acquires-german-software-company-chessbase GM Hans Niemann decisively beat fellow American 2700 GM Awonder Liang in a 12-game match in Paris, France. Niemann went undefeated throughout the fast-classical match, winning three games and securing a final 7.5-4.5 victory. The players competed ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/niemann-defeats-liang-paris-match-world-number-12 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:37:30 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/niemann-defeats-liang-paris-match-world-number-12 24-year-old Indian star GM Vaishali Rameshbabu will play Chinese GM Ju Wenjun for the women's world championship title after clinching the 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates with a final-round win over GM Kateryna Lagno. GM Bibisara Assaubayeva could ha... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-14 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:37:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-14 GM Haik Martirosyan scored 10/11 to win his first-ever Titled Tuesday on April 14, starting out 9/9 and (after playing 267 moves to split his last two games) carrying that to his first ever win in the event. Last week's victor GM Sina Movahed scor... https://www.chess.com/news/view/martirosyan-wins-titled-tuesday-april-14-2026 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:17:49 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/martirosyan-wins-titled-tuesday-april-14-2026 GM Javokhir Sindarov has won the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with a round to spare after a draw against GM Anish Giri in round 13. More important than the €70,000 prize, he will be the next challenger to GM Gukesh Dommaraju for the world ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-13 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:28:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-13 St. Louis University (SLU) and the University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou) have combined to win the last seven Collegiate Chess League championships, but the spring 2026 season will crown a new champion. The SRM Institute of Science and Technolog... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-ccl-spring-playoff-update Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:38:39 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-ccl-spring-playoff-update You can now personalize your Chessable training like never before. Curate your repertoire with the very best parts of each course with the new Repertoire feature. Add variations or entire chapters to your own custom course—and then add a per... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-chessable-repertoire Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:55:14 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-chessable-repertoire GM Nihal Sarin won the Menorca Open Masters, scoring two wins against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju along the way. Nihal's 6/10 score was enough for clear first place, half a point ahead of GMs Ruslan Ponomariov and Richard Rapport. Gukesh had t... https://www.chess.com/news/view/nihal-wins-gukesh-struggles-in-menorca-open-masters Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:36:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/nihal-wins-gukesh-struggles-in-menorca-open-masters As a nine-year-old last year, FM Aarit Kapil stunned none other than GM Magnus Carlsen by making a draw against him in Chess.com's Titled Tuesday. Recently, he also broke the 3000 barrier on Chess.com, and now the Indian prodigy has become one of ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/10-year-old-aarit-kapil-defeats-grandmaster-scores-first-im-norm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:58:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/10-year-old-aarit-kapil-defeats-grandmaster-scores-first-im-norm GM Javokhir Sindarov is guaranteed at least a playoff to win the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament after a 35-minute draw vs. GM Hikaru Nakamura put him two points clear with two rounds to go. GM Anish Giri came agonizingly close to moving within 1.... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-12 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:53:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-12 IM Renato Terry blazed to a second straight Bullet Brawl victory on Saturday after triumphing over GM Jose Martinez in a sprint to the finish. Martinez and Terry were neck and neck for most of the second half until a 10-game winning streak sa... https://www.chess.com/news/view/renato-terry-wins-bullet-brawl-april-11-2026 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:32:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/renato-terry-wins-bullet-brawl-april-11-2026 GM Javokhir Sindarov is in the final stretch, with three rounds left in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. All games of round 11 ended in draws, leaving Sindarov two points ahead after holding GM Fabiano Caruana. GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu cam... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-11 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:39:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-fide-candidates-tournament-round-11 Jynxzi, the celebrity protégé of IM Levy Rozman and one of Twitch's most subscribed streamers, was crowned as the champion of Friday's $100,000 PogChamps 6 7 tournament after he swept the top seed, ohnePixel, in the final. Jynxzi, ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/jynxzi-wins-pogchamps-6-7 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:14:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/jynxzi-wins-pogchamps-6-7 GMs Fabiano Caruana and Matthias Bluebaum have fallen out of contention in the ongoing FIDE Candidates Tournament. That didn't stop them from trying their luck in 3 0 Thursday after completing their game in the Candidates. Both players played well... https://www.chess.com/news/view/minh-le-duda-taher-3-0-thursday-04-09-2026 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:36:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/minh-le-duda-taher-3-0-thursday-04-09-2026