New King Rises: Anish Giri Appointed Chess.com CEO

[ad_1] Chess.com, the world’s leading online chess platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of GM Anish Giri as its new CEO. Giri, a renowned chess grandmaster, will assume the…

BREAKING: Chess.com Hiring New CEO

[ad_1] Chess.com has launched a search for its new CEO. Current CEO, Erik, co-founded Chess.com in 2006 with his friend and co-founder Jay, and for 17 years has grown the…

The First Draw: Lei’s Perceptive Pawn Sacrifice Equalizes

[ad_1] After opening the match with back-to-back decisive results, GM Lei Tingjie and GM Tan Zhongyi made their first draw in game three of the final of the FIDE Women’s…

Williams Sacrifices Queen For Brilliancy At Rejkavik Open

[ad_1] GM Simon Williams (a.k.a. GingerGM) added yet another candidate for Game of the Year in his round-two game at the Reykjavik Open 2023 on Wednesday.  The English grandmaster has…

Volokitin Wins UK Vs. Ukraine Match

[ad_1] The three-time and reigning Ukrainian champion, GM Andrei Volokitin, defeated the English number-one and seven-time British champion, GM Michael Adams, in the UK vs. Ukraine Match 2023, with a…

Rising From A Loss: Lei Evens The Score

[ad_1] GM Lei Tingjie retaliated vs. GM Tan Zhongyi, winning game two of the final of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2022-2023 on Thursday. Rising from the ashes of her…

The Last Competitors Standing: Tan Strikes First vs. Lei

[ad_1] GM Tan Zhongyi defeated GM Lei Tingjie in game one of the final of the FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2022-2023 on Wednesday. Tan played enterprisingly from start to finish,…

Highest Scores In Over A Month Set In Tuesday Blitz Tournaments

[ad_1] GMs Daniil Dubov and David Paravyan each won a Titled Tuesday tournament on March 28, both winning outright. They became the first players to score 10 points since February…

Martinez Scorches 59 Opponents In 2 Hours

[ad_1] GM Jose Martinez was crowned as the winner and won $1,000 in the March edition of Chess.com’s newest titled arena, Bullet Brawl, after winning 59 of his 74 games…

FIDE Candidates And Women’s Candidates 2024 To Be Held In Toronto

[ad_1] The FIDE Candidates and Women’s Candidates 2024 will be held concurrently in Toronto, Canada, the International Chess Federation announced on Monday. Taking place on April 3-25, it will be…