Finishing with two draws on the final day was just enough for GM Vincent Keymer to win the 60,000 euro first prize at the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open and qualify for the 2027 FIDE Freestyle World Championship. The 21-year-old German grandmast...
Everyone's favorite celebrity chess event is back! Get ready for the most nonsensical chess ever witnessed by humankind, as PogChamps 6 7 takes place on April 10. Eight of the world's biggest creators will bring the full force of their three-digit...
GM Javokhir Sindarov has ended the first half of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with a record 6/7, though GM Anish Giri built a fortress to deny him yet another win. GM Fabiano Caruana remains 1.5 points back after a draw against GM Praggnana...
Easter Sunday was another good day on home soil for GM Vincent Keymer, who beat GM Hans Niemann and drew with GM Magnus Carlsen to emerge as the sole leader of the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open with two rounds to go. Three players are trailing ...
Once again it was all about GM Javokhir Sindarov in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament as the Uzbek star won a difficult position against GM Wei Yi to move to a mind-blowing 5.5/6. He leads his closest pursuer GM Fabiano Caruana by 1.5 points aft...
Peruvian IM Renato Terry achieved a groundbreaking feat after pulling off the first Chess.com titled arena trifecta by taking out Saturday's Bullet Brawl. Terry held his nerve and streaked his way to 156 points, outdoing the second-through-fourt...
As the only two players still on a perfect 5/5 score in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open, GMs Hans Niemann and Vincent Keymer will be playing each other on top board in Sunday morning's sixth round. Behind them is a group of six players on 4.5/5: G...
GM Javokhir Sindarov's dream run continued after GM Hikaru Nakamura thought for 67 minutes on move 13, chose badly, and sank without a trace in round five of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Sindarov, now world number-five, is on 4.5/5, with o...
For the second time in as many weeks, GM Jose Martinez notched two 3 0 Thursday victories in one day, earning himself $800 in prize money. Martinez posted scores of 9.5/11 in both events to claim first place outright, and lost only a single game i...
IM Renato Terry won the first Freestyle Friday of April by a full point, scoring 9.5/11. Even with the FIDE Candidates and the Grenke Chess Festival occurring at the same time, the Freestyle Friday Championship continued apace, and Terry moved int...
19 players are still on a perfect score after three rounds in the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open, including big names such as GMs Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hans Niemann, and Vincent Keymer. In round 3, Carlsen seemed to be close to dropping...
The Collegiate Chess League Spring 2026 Season Playoffs are upon us, and you can join in on the excitement by predicting who wins! Will SLU defend their championship title, or will UT Dallas get their revenge and their first ever CCL Champ...
Two newly-released clips from Netflix’s upcoming Untold: Chess Mates documentary offer glimpses into both sides of the Carlsen vs. Niemann saga, featuring candid reflections from GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hans Niemann, and Hikaru Nakamura, just da...
It's the tournament GM Magnus Carlsen won with 9/9 last year, and on Thursday evening he started the new edition with another win: the Grenke Chess Freestyle Open. It is part of the Grenke Chess Festival that boasts over 3,500 participants in Karl...
While his compatriot GM Javokhir Sindarov carves up at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has quietly moved into fourth position on the April FIDE classical rating list after a commanding victory at the 2026 Prague Inter...
GM Amin Tabatabaei has continued his golden run in classical chess by pulling off one of the greatest results of his career, an outright victory with a performance rating of 2849 in the 422-player strong 2026 Reykjavik Open. Although Tabatabaei ...
GM Javokhir Sindarov grabbed the sole lead at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament on Wednesday, reaching a fantastic plus-three score by beating co-leader GM Fabiano Caruana. GM Anish Giri got back to a 50-percent score by beating GM Andrey Esipen...
Step right up, come one, come all! The Chess.com circus is in town for one month only, putting on chess performances the likes of which you’ve never seen before. Go head-to-head against each entertainer, from the mind-bending Contortionist t...
Chessboxing is taking the world by storm. The appeal is obvious: it's the only sport that allows you to outwit your opponent with tactics and strategy—or just punch them senseless if you fail to do so. With alternating rounds of chess and bo...
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov lead the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament with 2.5 points after three rounds. Caruana won a miniature after a blunder by GM Wei Yi, and Sindarov bravely sacrificed a piece to win with the black pieces again...
Three co-leaders, none of them playing each other, all made draws in the final round, but someone still had to win the Titled Tuesday tournament out of GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Hans Niemann, and Parham Maghsoodloo. And that is the order tiebreaks p...
Please note that the event's schedule has changed. The event qualifiers are now taking place from April 13 to 16, with the semifinals and final taking place on April 17. More players, more pieces, and more tactics! The Chess.com 4-Player Chess C...
Just as collegiate basketball players compete in March Madness, college chess players are about to begin their own playoff bracket in the Collegiate Chess League (CCL). The eight Division One teams have just completed the seven-week round-robin se...
All eight games were drawn in round two of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament and 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates. In the Open tournament, the standings remain unchanged with GMs Fabiano Caruana, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, and Javokhir Sindaro...
GM Fabiano Caruana ended his curse against GM Hikaru Nakamura when it mattered most by battling to a six-hour win in round one of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. There were two more wins, with GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu surprising GM Anish ...
