GM Magnus Carlsen tops the first-ever Freestyle Chess rating list, hitting the 2900 barrier after dominating the chess variant in his latest events. Already the world number-one in FIDE's official classical, rapid, and blitz ratings, the 3...
Five-time U.S. champion GM Gata Kamsky has officially switched federations to France, marking the end of a 36-year chapter representing the United States. The transfer was confirmed by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) on Monday, followi...
The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is headed for Las Vegas, and it's bringing 16 of the world's top grandmasters to the heart of the Strip. The organizers have announced more than half of the field that will compete in the fourth leg of th...
In a moment few had expected, Chess.com earned an unforgettable shoutout on one of the world’s biggest tech stages, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The WWDC is held annually to showcase new software and technology, an...
The June 2025 FIDE rating list saw World Champion GM Gukesh Dommaraju drop 11 points and two spots after the SuperBet Chess Classic, while the winner of the event, GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, saw a nine-point gain to jump one spot to seventh. GM...
The third leg of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will take place in Las Vegas from July 16 to 20, the German organizers revealed on Tuesday. The venue for the tour's U.S. debut this summer offers fans the opportunity to follow the star-st...
For the first time since its original run in 1988, the cult musical Chess will get its long-awaited Broadway return in New York City this fall. The production will star Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele, Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit, and Nicholas Ch...
The chess world has a new record-breaker. 10-year-old Roman Shogdzhiev from Russia has become the youngest International Master (IM) in history, smashing the record by over five months and reinforcing his status as one of the chess world's most ex...
World number-one GM Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw by more than 143,000 players in the Magnus vs. The World game on Chess.com, the largest online chess game ever held. The historic game ended on Tuesday after 32 moves when The World forced a ...
Esports organizations are making a final push to add grandmasters to their teams for the second and last leg of this year's Champions Chess Tour (CCT). GMs Levon Aronian, Vincent Keymer, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda are among the six top grandmasters wh...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has introduced significant changes for the 2025 World Blitz Championship in Doha, Qatar, most notably, a new rule to ensure the tournament ends with a clear winner. FIDE's move, announced Tuesday, comes ...
IM Faustino Oro's rise shows no signs of slowing. Now, the 11-year-old prodigy is set to face former World Champion Viswanathan Anand in a match, and potentially in a knockout event. The youngster also dazzled a national TV audience in Spain ...
GM Magnus Carlsen and his wife, Ella Victoria, have announced the heartwarming news that they are expecting their first child. The couple officially tied the knot in Oslo on January 4 this year. On Monday, the newlyweds shared the joyful news th...
Eighteen-year-old U.S. GM Christopher Yoo has received a provisional 60-day suspension from FIDE's Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC), following a complaint from a female player who told Chess.com that she was harassed by the grandmaster d...
Disney+ is set to debut the new miniseries Rematch in the United States on May 21. The English-language production dramatizes the historic "man vs. machine" battle from 1997 between GM Garry Kasparov and IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue, and was fair...
10-year-old FM Roman Shogdzhiev continued his rapid rise at the Baku Open, where he secured his second International Master norm with a stellar 2514 performance in a field packed with titled players. Top seed and 2024 European Champion GM Alexan...
Two-time U.S. Chess Champion GM Alex Yermolinsky says he is “overwhelmed with emotions” at the outpouring of support from the chess community after he underwent life-saving heart surgery abroad. The legendary 67-year-old grandmaster,...
Eighteen-year-old GM Christopher Yoo scored an impressive performance to win Italy's Sardinia World Chess Festival with 7.5/9 last week, but his participation in Italy has led to scrutiny from the chess community due to his domestic ban from compe...
The Czech chess community is mourning the sudden loss of GM Petr Neuman, who passed away this week at the age of only 47. The grandmaster was found dead in his Prague apartment on Monday, the Czech Chess Federation announced on its website on We...
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju will lead India against GM Hikaru Nakamura and the USA in a new five-board team match, which will also see GM Fabiano Caruana take on GM Arjun Erigaisi. The organizers say they expect a sold-out crowd for the stadiu...
The one and only GM Vasyl Ivanchuk capped off a brilliant comeback by winning the 4th Menorca Open with an unbeaten 8/9 score and an impressive 2833 performance. The 56-year-old secured his first major tournament victory since 2019, and with it, a...
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...
