Nigerian chess player Tunde Onakoya and NM Shawn Martinez have officially broken the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon after playing continuously for an astonishing 64 hours in New York's iconic Times Square. The impress...
India's most prominent esports organization has entered the chess esports scene with the double signing of GMs Aravindh Chithambaram and Nihal Sarin, two of the nation's biggest stars. The grandmasters will now represent S8UL as they try to qualif...
GM Ju Wenjun claimed her fourth straight victory against GM Tan Zhongyi in game eight of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship. With a dominant 6-2 lead with just four games to go, she is on the brink of securing her fifth Women’s World C...
GM Ju Wenjun is on the verge of defending her title for the fourth time after she beat GM Tan Zhongyi with White in game seven of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Championship, her third consecutive win in the match. The reigning champion extended...
Russian esports organization Team Spirit has entered the world of esports with a splash, signing not one but two of the top speed chess specialists on the planet. GMs Daniil Dubov and Vladislav Artemiev will now attempt to qualify for the $1.5 mil...
GM Anish Giri has become the 15th grandmaster to sign for an esports organization ahead of the $1.5 million 2025 Esports World Cup, joining Team Secret. The announcement was shared Wednesday on Team Secret's social media channels and ends a five...
Just days after celebrating his ninth birthday, CM Luca Protopopescu from France has made chess history. The prodigy from Marseille has become the youngest player ever to cross the 2200 FIDE classical rating mark, an achievement made by beating hi...
Less than 48 hours before the Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam kicks off in the French capital, GM Hans Niemann has withdrawn from the tournament for "personal reasons." The U.S. grandmaster is the second player to be replaced, after GM Alireza Fi...
The much-anticipated Magnus vs. The World match officially launched on Chess.com on Friday with GM Magnus Carlsen's first move. With 100,000 participants registered on Thursday, the event shattered the record for the largest online chess match eve...
GM Kirill Shevchenko, ranked 75th in the world, has received a three-year worldwide ban from chess, with one year suspended, allowing him to return to competitive play in October 2026. The 22-year-old confessed to hiding a phone in the toilet but ...
What was intended to be a harmless joke turned into a firestorm, racking up over 50 million views and becoming Chess.com's most viral post ever. Chess.com's social media accounts have nearly nine million followers across all platforms. They aim ...
Chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer, IM Danny Rensch, hosted the latest installment of State of Chess on Thursday. He was joined by several colleagues to share exciting updates, including the highly anticipated return of PogChamps. The three-h...
GM Hans Niemann said he has withdrawn from a previously agreed-upon polygraph test, popularly known as a "lie detector test," following his loss against GM Daniil Dubov, citing the Russian's "disrespectful" behavior. [Updated March 21, 2025...
The BBC’s latest reality TV competition, Chess Masters: The Endgame, made its highly anticipated debut on March 10, marking a rare return of chess to prime-time television. However, the eight-episode series has provoked mixed responses from ...
One of the Czech Republic's greatest players of all time, GM David Navara, shared deep insights into his life, his passion for chess, and his experiences living with Asperger's syndrome. IM Sagar Shah continues to deliver compelling stories to t...
How can chess evolve to reach an even wider audience? What lessons can it take from other sports? These were just some of the questions tackled at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference last weekend. The annual conference, which took pl...
17-year-old WFM Eman Sawan from Palestine has emerged as one of the brightest stars in a region with limited support and traditions for chess. Her story has ignited a wave of support from the chess community with over 70 donors backing her dream t...
18-year-old Indian GM Pranav Venkatesh dominated the FIDE World Junior Championship 2025 to be crowned champion ahead of 11 other grandmasters on Friday. 16-year-old WIM Anna Shukhman took the Girls title a full point clear of the field. The Wor...
Can chess continue its meteoric rise? How will the game evolve in the esports landscape? And what role does sports analytics play in shaping competitive chess strategies? These key questions will be discussed at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conf...
The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 continues with the second stop in Paris on April 7-14. It's a remarkably star-studded field that will feature twelve of the world's best players, with 11 now confirmed. The final spot will be determined thr...
The rise of of chess in esports continues. On Saturday, Team Falcons announced the signing of none other than GM Alireza Firouzja, while Wolves Esports made their first acquisition with Chinese star GM Yu Yangyi. Firouzja, a 21-year-old Iranian-...
GM Magnus Carlsen's world famous jeans from the 2024 World Rapid Championship have been sold at auction for a staggering $36,100. The proceeds will go to charity. An anonymous bidder had the highest bid on Saturday following a 10-day bidding war...
GM Sergey Karjakin, a former challenger for the world chess championship title, has been sanctioned by the European Union (EU) for his continued support of Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine. The EU's new measures were announced on the third ...
Young French GM Marc'Andria Maurizzi delivered a masterclass at the Djerba Chess Festival, producing one of the most stunning tournament performances of 2025 so far. The 17-year-old grandmaster was seeded only ninth in the 10-player round-robin ...
India's chess stars continue to receive well-deserved recognition for their achievements, with two of the nation's brightest players, IMs Divya Deshmukh and Tania Sachdev, being honored with awards this week. The national teams were also cele...
