Saint Louis Arch Bishops, Armenia Eagles To Play PRO Chess League Final The Saint Louis Arch Bishops and the Armenia Eagles will play Sunday's PRO Chess League final. The teams defeated the China Pandas 11-5 and the Canada Chessbrahs respectively, who will play the match for third place on Saturday. The ga...

Today: PRO Chess League Finals The PRO Chess League Finals start today with the two semifinals: Saint Louis Arch Bishops vs. China Pandas and Canada Chessbrahs vs. Armenia Eagles. Commentary will be provided by GM Maurice Ashley, GM Robert Hess, IM Anna Rudolf, and IM Danny Ren...

Smirnov Beats Sadhwani In Junior Speed Chess Championship GM Anton Smirnov defeated GM Raunak Sadhwani 16-11 in the last match in the round of 16 of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. Smirnov's next opponent is top seed GM Nihal Sarin. Now that all eight matches in the firs...

Fedoseev Wins 17th Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix GM Vladimir Fedoseev won the 17th Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix, his second in the series. The Russian grandmaster beat his compatriot GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 1.5-0.5 in the knockout final and climbed to fifth place in the overall GP standings...

AlphaZero (And Other!) Chess Variants Now Available For Everyone Six new variants, including four from the recent AlphaZero paper, are now available for all Chess.com members to try. They can be found at Chess.com/variants. The recent scientific paper from Google's DeepMind, co-written by 14th worl...

Xiong Beats Abdusattorov In Junior Speed Chess Championship GM Jeffery Xiong will be the opponent for GM Arjun Erigaisi in the quarterfinals of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. In what was the longest a match in the round of 16 so far, Xiong beat GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov 18.5...

Register For Chess.com's Official Clubs League Season 2 In the early stages of the COVID pandemic, Chess.com launched the first season of our official Chess.com Clubs League, an online competition league for interested clubs all around the world. In season one, 116 clubs competed from all over the worl...

More Bundesliga Brilliancies As Baden-Baden Wins Title On Sunday OSG Baden-Baden earned their 14th Bundesliga title in 15 years by winning the round-robin championship tournament in Karlsruhe, Germany. Many players returned to over-the-board chess for the first time in months and seemed quite inspired...

Sarana Beats Esipenko In Junior Speed Chess Championship GM Alexey Sarana of Russia will be the opponent for American GM Sam Sevian in the quarterfinals of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. In a match on Sunday, Sarana defeated his compatriot Andrey Esipenko 14-11. It was...

Maghsoodloo Beats Praggnanandhaa In Junior Speed Chess Championship GM Parham Maghsoodloo will be the opponent for GM Haik Martirosyan in the quarterfinals of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. In their match on Saturday, Maghsoodloo eliminated the Indian youngster GM Praggnanandhaa R....

Carlsen, So Share Win At Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament ended in a shared victory for GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So. Both won $45,000 as the American grandmaster caught up with his Norwegian rival in the final round. Carlsen defeated So in their mutua...

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz: Carlsen Leads Ahead Of So The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament seems to be a two-horse race between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Wesley So, who have separated themselves from the field. Carlsen is half a point ahead with nine rounds of blitz to go. Their closest riva...

So Leads Saint Louis Tournament Before Blitz Games As the only undefeated player, GM Wesley So leads the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament after nine rounds of rapid chess. Going into the blitz, the American grandmaster is a point ahead of GM Magnus Carlsen, who lost to ...

Rapport Attacks Brilliantly As Bundesliga Gets Underway It's been a while since we heard the name of GM Richard Rapport, but today the Hungarian grandmaster reminded the chess world of his creative talent in a wonderful attacking game. It was played in the Bundesliga which is underway in Karlsruhe, Ger...

Carlsen Wins All On Saint Louis Rapid Day 2 GM Magnus Carlsen bounced back from his unfortunate loss by disconnect as he won all three games on the second day of the Saint Louis Rapid tournament. The world champion is now the sole leader with 9 points out of a possible 12. GMs I...

Jobava Wins 16th Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix GM Baadur Jobava won the 16th Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix, his first in the series. The Georgian grandmaster beat GM Le Quang Liem of Vietnam 2-1 in the knockout final. The next Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix will be played on Septe...

Carlsen Loses By Disconnect On Saint Louis Rapid Day 1 GM Magnus Carlsen shockingly lost his round-two game of the Saint Louis Rapid on time as he lost his internet connection. GM Levon Aronian and GM Pentala Harikrishna are leading with 2.5/3. Only two days after the Chess9LX tournament f...

Haik Martirosyan Beats Vincent Keymer In Junior Speed Chess Championship GM Haik Martirosyan comfortably reached the quarterfinals of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. In a match on Monday, the talented Armenian beat Germany's Vincent Keymer with the biggest score so far in the competition...

Sam Sevian Beats Amin Tabatabaei In Junior Speed Chess Championship GM Sam Sevian is the third player to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. In a match on Sunday between two 19-year-olds, the American grandmaster beat GM Amin Tabatabaei 15.5-9.5. For t...

Carlsen, Nakamura Share Chess9LX Victory GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Hikaru Nakamura both won $31,250 as they shared the first prize in the online Chess9LX tournament. The two grandmasters scored 6/9 in a tournament that had no tiebreak regulations. GM Levon Aronian, who was lea...

Arjun Erigaisi Beats Gukesh D. In Junior Speed Chess Championship In an all-Indian clash on Saturday, GM Arjun Erigaisi defeated Gukesh D. with a big score: 18-8. It was the second match in the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid. This second edition of the junior championship has ...

Aronian Leads Chess9LX After Perfect 2nd Day GM Levon Aronian is the new leader of the online Chess9LX tournament after winning all of his games on day two. GM Garry Kasparov managed to score only half a point from three promising positions. Kasparov's play was influenced by a tragic ...

Nihal Beats Tang In Junior Speed Chess Championship In the first match of the Junior Speed Chess Championship sponsored by ChessKid, GM Nihal Sarin (India) defeated GM Andrew Tang (U.S.) 16-8. Tang had entered the tournament by winning the eight-player Knockout Qualifier tournament on Wednesda...

Kasparov Escapes Vs Carlsen In 1st Clash In 16 Years GM Magnus Carlsen failed to take revenge for his loss in 2004 vs. GM Garry Kasparov. When they played for the first time in 16 years, Carlsen spoiled a winning endgame and let his legendary opponent off the hook in the second round of the online C...