Emil Sutovsky, FIDE CEO, responded to Hikaru Nakamura's criticism of the Candidates rating spot system, rejecting claims that the qualification method exists for Magnus Carlsen's potential return. Na…
July 22, 2025
Levon Aronian won the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Las Vegas title after defeating Hans Niemann in the finals. The Armenian GM overcame world number one Magnus Carlsen in a tiebreaker before beating Hi…
July 21, 2025
Tingjie Lei 🇨🇳 won against Nana Dzagnidze 🇬🇪 in quarterfinals Game-1 of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 with Black.
July 19, 2025
Anna and Pia Cramling joined the C-Squared podcast in St. Louis to discuss chess careers, streaming, and women's participation in competitive chess. Anna explained how her streaming career began with…
July 18, 2025
Vladislav Artemiev reflected on chess wisdom from his early training days while discussing his opening philosophy in a 50-question interview for Team Spirit Chess. The grandmaster recalled his first …
July 16, 2025
Vaishali Rameshbabu (2481) secured her place in the fourth round of the FIDE Women's World Championship 2025 after defeating Carissa Yip (2431) 2-4 in tiebreaks following a dramatic comeback from los…
July 14, 2025
The Grandmaster Triathlon began at the Biel International Chess Festival with rapid chess rounds. Vladimir Fedoseev and Aravindh Chithambaram share the Masters lead with 7 points each after five game…
The inaugural Chesstival,where chess collided with basketball, took place Sunday at Wynn Las Vegas, bringing together NBA players and chess grandmasters. Magnus Carlsen and Derrick Rose lost in their…
GM Daniel Naroditsky was removed from Titled Tuesday mid-tournament for violating Chess.com's streaming requirements. Since February 2025, he had been required to use Chess.com's proctoring system, w…
July 13, 2025
Agrawal Vantika 🇮🇳 won against the stronger Kateryna Lagno 🇷🇺 in round 3 of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 with White in a Grünfeld Defense after 37 moves.
July 12, 2025
Hikaru Nakamura (2807) and his wife Atousa Pourkashiyan (2291) announced they are expecting their first child in a YouTube Shorts video posted today.
GM Magnus Carlsen (2839) appeared as the official representative for chess during the Esports World Cup 2025 Opening Ceremony held July 10th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The five-time World Champion serv…
July 10, 2025
Chess.com co-founder Danny Rensch admits regret over how the platform handled Hans Niemann during the 2022 cheating scandal. Rensch acknowledges that Niemann had legitimate reasons for his complaints…
July 09, 2025
Giri made a lot of fun and critique comments in x.com about TakeTakeTake's Player Rating. David Howell invited Giri to reavaluate player's cards, including his friend Vidit's card, as well as Magnus,…
GM Oleksandr Bortnyuk delivered a commanding performance at the CCC Rapid & Blitz tournament, achieving a perfect 9-0 score in the blitz section to claim first place. The Ukrainian grandmaster's flaw…
July 07, 2025
bwin analysts favour Fabiano Caruana as the top pick for the upcoming Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, with odds of 2.75 for the American grandmaster. The tournament starts May 16 at 2:30 PM loca…
May 07, 2025
Top grandmasters reviewed their player rating cards created by TakeTakeTake's David Howell at the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour, revealing surprising insights about self-perception among chess elite. Th…
April 29, 2025
Chess.com and Magnus Carlsen (2837) have launched a countdown page for an announcement scheduled for 19:00 CET 24.04.2025. Landing page features Carlsen's signature and the provocative title "Beating…
April 23, 2025
GM Alireza Firouzja (C:2757 R:2754 B:2857) is the betting favorite to dominate the upcoming Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, with young Indian star Praggnanandhaa (C:2758 R:2684 B:2717) projected for s…
Susan Polgar (2555) revealed the development process of Fischer Random Chess, which began when Bobby Fischer moved to Budapest in 1993. They called it "shuffle chess", experimenting with random piece…
