Announcing The 2024 CrunchLabs Masters, Champions Chess Tour’s Third Event

Chess.com is excited to announce the 2024 CrunchLabs Masters, the next leg of The Champions Chess Tour (CCT). Running from July 17 to July 24, this highly anticipated event, in…

Sigrun Øen, Mother Of Magnus Carlsen, Passes Away At 61

Sigrun Øen (1963-2024), a chemical engineer and the mother of 16th World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, passed away in Oslo on Tuesday at the age of just 61. She died…

SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia Day 1: MVL Sole Leader

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came into the 2024 SuperUnited Croatia Rapid & Blitz after drawing all nine games in Bucharest, but in Zagreb, Croatia he began by winning a wild game…

Titled Tuesday July 9, 2024

GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura won the July 9 editions of Titled Tuesday. It’s the fourth time the world’s two best blitz chess players have each won one of…

Announcing The 2023 Create Your Own Course Winners

Chess.com is excited to announce the winners of the 2023 Create Your Own Course contest, authors IceBreaker and Benedictine! Their courses, Killer Kings: The King as a Fighting Piece in…

15-year-old Follows In Footsteps Of Carlsen, Agdestein To Win Norwegian Title

IM Aksel Bu Kvaloy is Norway’s new national champion, copying the feat of GMs Simen Agdestein and Magnus Carlsen by winning the title at age 15. The Norwegian Championship took…

Erdogmus Clinches Double ChessKid Youth Championships Triumph

13-year-old GM-elect Yagiz Erdogmus has added the Under 16 ChessKid Youth Championship 2024 title to the Under 13 title he won a week ago. The Turkish prodigy overcame fellow GM-elect…

How the Messi of Chess Is Creating Faustimania In Argentina

FM Faustino Oro, dubbed the ‘Messi of Chess,’ has created a media frenzy in his native Argentina by setting a prestigious new world record. This week he followed up by…

Bullet Brawl, July 6, 2024: Naroditsky Outpaces Nakamura, Carlsen, Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa

The latest edition of Bullet Brawl, which was one of the strongest in the event’s history, was won by GM Daniel Naroditsky, who outscored GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Magnus Carlsen, Arjun Erigaisi,…

Erdogmus, Mishra On Course To Meet In ChessKid U16 Youth Championship Final

GM-elect Yagiz Erdogmus won the Under 13 ChessKid Youth Championship 2024 a week ago and has now booked his place in the knockout Finals of the Under 16 Championship. Once…