WFM Anna Cramling's Grand Chess Gala on Twitch Rivals is right around the corner! To celebrate Anna making it to TwitchCon's main stage, Chess.com is offering all our basic members the opportunity to get 14 days of our Diamond membership for free....
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has introduced significant changes for the 2025 World Blitz Championship in Doha, Qatar, most notably, a new rule to ensure the tournament ends with a clear winner. FIDE's move, announced Tuesday, comes ...
We're excited to introduce our new Friends & Family Plan, an easy way to enjoy the full Chess.com Premium Diamond experience with up to six people, all under one plan. Now, you and your loved ones can enjoy all our Premium benefits with a disc...
IM Faustino Oro's rise shows no signs of slowing. Now, the 11-year-old prodigy is set to face former World Champion Viswanathan Anand in a match, and potentially in a knockout event. The youngster also dazzled a national TV audience in Spain ...
GM Magnus Carlsen and his wife, Ella Victoria, have announced the heartwarming news that they are expecting their first child. The couple officially tied the knot in Oslo on January 4 this year. On Monday, the newlyweds shared the joyful news th...
Eighteen-year-old U.S. GM Christopher Yoo has received a provisional 60-day suspension from FIDE's Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC), following a complaint from a female player who told Chess.com that she was harassed by the grandmaster d...
Disney+ is set to debut the new miniseries Rematch in the United States on May 21. The English-language production dramatizes the historic "man vs. machine" battle from 1997 between GM Garry Kasparov and IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue, and was fair...
It's the first tournament of its kind: CoachChamps, where eight coaches select will each draft four students with the goal of guiding their students to victory! We previously announced half of the coaching field and the format, but now it's time t...
10-year-old FM Roman Shogdzhiev continued his rapid rise at the Baku Open, where he secured his second International Master norm with a stellar 2514 performance in a field packed with titled players. Top seed and 2024 European Champion GM Alexan...
Two-time U.S. Chess Champion GM Alex Yermolinsky says he is “overwhelmed with emotions” at the outpouring of support from the chess community after he underwent life-saving heart surgery abroad. The legendary 67-year-old grandmaster,...
We're excited to announce the 2025 Chess.com Classic, the last online event of this year's Champions Chess Tour (CCT). The event takes place between May 18 and May 23 and will feature some of the strongest players in the world. At stake are $150,0...
The Czech chess community is mourning the sudden loss of GM Petr Neuman, who passed away this week at the age of only 47. The grandmaster was found dead in his Prague apartment on Monday, the Czech Chess Federation announced on its website on We...
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju will lead India against GM Hikaru Nakamura and the USA in a new five-board team match, which will also see GM Fabiano Caruana take on GM Arjun Erigaisi. The organizers say they expect a sold-out crowd for the stadiu...
We're excited to announce that you can now learn with the best chess courses in the world right here on Chess.com. Pick up new openings, learn chess strategy, and sharpen your tactics with top courses from the world's leading players and coaches! ...
PogChamps 6 is about to start! Soon, 12 celebrities will come together to compete for the title of PogChampion, a piece of the $100,000 prize fund, and bragging rights! To celebrate the sixth edition of everyone's favorite amateur tournament, Ch...
The one and only GM Vasyl Ivanchuk capped off a brilliant comeback by winning the 4th Menorca Open with an unbeaten 8/9 score and an impressive 2833 performance. The 56-year-old secured his first major tournament victory since 2019, and with it, a...
You may have heard that our community is, at this very moment, making history alongside world number one GM Magnus Carlsen. The Magnus vs. The World match has recently surpassed 100,000 players, making it the biggest chess game ever played. In c...
Nigerian chess player Tunde Onakoya and NM Shawn Martinez have officially broken the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon after playing continuously for an astonishing 64 hours in New York's iconic Times Square. The impress...
The 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam entered the knockout stage today in a day dominated by a gambit that its creator didn't even get a chance to play! During joint analysis before the round GM Ian Nepomniachtchi realized that Black could mee...
We’re celebrating Earth Day all month long with bots that honor endangered species, past and present. Ready to play chess on the wild side? Play Wild New Bots Diana The Dodo Playing strength: 400 Contrary to popular belief, the dodo...
As announced last December, IM Levy Rozman, aka GothamChess, will host his first-ever “European Tour” this May. The five-country, six-event program over 10 days is bound to enrapt audiences from the U.K. to Poland and everywhere in bet...
GM Magnus Carlsen is about to play the biggest chess game of his life. Not the most important, but the most opponents he's ever faced at once: it's Magnus Carlsen Vs. The World. The event begins on Friday, April 4, when Magnus makes his first move...
Thanks for enjoying our April Fool's launch with Life Review! Yes, Life Review is an actual feature and will be staying around! If you haven't already done so, check it out in the app. Share your feedback and best Life Reviews with us, and have fu...
GM Hans Niemann said he has withdrawn from a previously agreed-upon polygraph test, popularly known as a "lie detector test," following his loss against GM Daniil Dubov, citing the Russian's "disrespectful" behavior. [Updated March 21, 2025...
We're excited to announce that Chess.com is now hosting the vast majority of games on our platform on the Realtime Chess Network, the only globally distributed chess server, which we've been developing over the last four years. This means many pla...
