Defending Champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram looked to be in trouble again in round two of the 2026 Prague Chess Festival Masters, but GM Hans Niemann couldn’t find a hidden winning resource on low time and slumped to defeat. It was a similar story…
Argentinian prodigy IM Faustino Oro continues to break barriers. In recent weeks, he climbed to fifth on the Chess.com blitz leaderboard. On Saturday, the youngster begins his hunt for his final grandmaster norm, which could make him the youngest …
As we enter the last week of Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Star voting, you can now play chess against MLS star Dejan Joveljić! A dangerous player on the field, Joveljić also knows how to score over the chessboard. With a jaw-dropping 2217 rating,…
GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GMs Denis Lazavik and Jan-Krzysztof Duda, with a 3-2 score in both matches, to advance to the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs Grand Final. Just by reaching the Winners Final, however, Duda has earned one of the three q…
IM Reza Mahdavi followed up his win in the final 3 0 Thursday the previous week by winning the opening 3 0 Thursday on February 26. Not to be outdone, IM Renato Terry won the second tournament of the day with his record seventh title overall. GM A…
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk needed only nine points to win Freestyle Friday outright on May 15, good enough for his eighth Freestyle Friday victory, which tied GM Hikaru Nakamura for the most all time. GM Frederik Svane finished in sole second place on 8…