Chess Done Quick – Puzzles Edition

Chess.com is excited to announce our new series of monthly events for chess streamers, Chess Done Quick. In this first edition, we invite the best streamers to dash through our…

FTX Crypto Cup: Caruana Jumps To 1st, Carlsen Still Struggling

Scoring 4/5 on the second day, GM Fabiano Caruana jumped to shared first place at the FTX Crypto Cup. The American GM shares the lead with 2022 FIDE Candidate GM…

FTX Crypto Cup: Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi Barely Survive Preliminaries

Another modest 3/5 score on day three of the FTX Crypto Cup was enough for GM Magnus Carlsen to make it to the knockout stage, which starts on Wednesday. World…

Xiong Wins May 25 Titled Tuesday

GM Jeffery Xiong won the May 25 Titled Tuesday tournament outright with a score of 10/11, his second win in as many months. GM Vladimir Dobrov finished second with 9.5/11…

FTX Crypto Cup QF: Radjabov, So Lead As Carlsen, Nakamura Trade Blows

GM Teimour Radjabov and GM Wesley So are leading their two-day matches in the quarterfinals of the FTX Crypto Cup. Radjabov defeated GM Anish Giri in the fourth game, while…

FTX Crypto Cup Semis: Carlsen-Radjabov, Nepomniachtchi-So

The semifinals of the FTX Crypto Cup will start on Friday with the matches GM Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Teimour Radjabov and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. GM Wesley So. While…

Gelfand Mouse Slip: Slovak GM Pechac Responds With Gracious Draw Offer

If a Fair Play Award is handed out for 2021, GM Jergus Pechac will probably receive it. The 19-year-old Slovak GM graciously offered a draw when GM Boris Gelfand blundered…

Abdumalik, Muzychuk Lead Gibraltar Women’s Grand Prix

IM Zhansaya Abdumalik and GM Mariya Muzychuk are sharing the lead at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Gibraltar on the rest day. With five rounds to go, the fight for…

FTX Crypto Cup: So Leads As Nepomniachtchi Fights Mosquitoes

GM Wesley So took the lead in his FTX Crypto Cup semifinal against a mosquitos-battling GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. The American grandmaster needs two game points on Saturday to reach the…

Ahmed Adly Wins Nip-and-Tuck African Chess Championship

Egyptian GM Ahmed Adly became the African Champion on Thursday, overtaking countryman GM Bassem Amin at the finish line in the 2021 African Individual Chess Championship. The two players monopolized…