The FIDE Online Olympiad, a major online chess event for national teams, will run July 25-August 30 on the Chess.com server. With 163 teams and over 1,500 participants from all over the world, the tournament will be a truly global team…
Russian GM Vladimir Fedoseev won the third Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix after beating Ukrainian GM Alexander Zubov in a thrilling final. Fedoseev is now also the new leader in the overall Grand Prix leaderboard. The next Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix will…
GM Magnus Carlsen won the Clutch Chess International. In the second half of the final, played on Sunday, the Norwegian grandmaster was on the verge of defeat after losing the first clutch game to GM Fabiano Caruana but then delivered in the second. Carlsen was…
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Fabiano Caruana both won one regular games and then both won one clutch game to tie their Clutch Chess International halfway. Caruana came back twice after a loss. The second half of the match is played on Sunday. How…
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Fabiano Caruana will play the final of the Clutch Chess International. Although Carlsen’s win vs GM Levon Aronian was never really in doubt, Caruana made a big comeback vs. GM Wesley So on the second day of the semifinals. How to watch?The…
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So are leading their Clutch Chess semifinal matches 6-2 against GM Levon Aronian and GM Fabiano Caruana, respectively. The matches were identical with Carlsen and So winning the first two games as well as game five, the first clutch game. How…
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the second Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix, formerly known as Titled Tuesday. The French grandmaster beat GM Alireza Firouzja in the final, an eight-player knockout held after 10 rounds of Swiss. The next Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix will…
Are you following the FIDE Online Nations Cup? It’s one of the most prestigious online events ever held with some of the strongest players on the planet participating and $180,000 in prize money. Check out the highlights of each day here:…
China continues to lead the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup with four regular rounds to go. It’s Europe that’s having the best chances to join them in Sunday’s Superfinal. Team USA defeated and leapfrogged Russia in the standings, while India and…
GM Magnus Carlsen won the Magnus Carlsen Invitational on Sunday. The Norwegian grandmaster clinched the $70,000 first prize after beating GM Hikaru Nakamura in the final of this very strong online tournament held April 18-May 3. The event was an…