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Announcing the 2022 USA Collegiate Rapid and Blitz Championships

Chess.com is excited to announce that we will host the 2022 US Collegiate Rapid and Blitz Championship. The rapid championship will be held on November 13, and the blitz championship will be held on November 20. Registration is currently underway and continues…

Anna Muzychuk reached the semi-finals

GM Anna Muzychuk advanced to the semifinals of the FIDE 2022-2023 Women’s Candidates Tournament after winning a tiebreaker against GM Humpy Koneru on Sunday. After three draws, the Indian grandmaster blundered a full piece and quickly retired. Mu…

Hikaru Nakamura won the Fisher World Championship

On Sunday, GM Hikaru Nakamura won the Armageddon tiebreaker final against GM Jan Nepomniachtchi to become the FIDE Fischer Random Chess World Champion. Nakamura, who split the points in the four-game mini-match…

Lei Tingzhi reaches halfway;  Anna Muzychuk Hits Back To Force Tiebreak

GM Anna Muzychuk defeated GM Humpy Koneru on demand in Saturday’s fourth game of their Women’s Challengers quarter-final, forcing a tiebreaker on Sunday. The winner will face GM Lei Tingjie, who again reached the required draw…

Fall of World Champions: Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi advance to finals

GMs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura were confirmed as finalists for the 2022 Fisher Random World Championship on Saturday after winning their semi-finals by convincing margins. Nakamura only needed three games…

Michael Basman, 1946-2022

IM Michael Basman, a powerful British player in the 1960s and 70s, founder of the UK Chess Challenge, prolific author and innovator both on and off the chessboard, died on Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. in order to …

Fischer live in Reykjavik: Abdusattorov, Carlsen on top

On June 19, 1996, Major General Bobby Fischer announced the Fischer Random variant, which he believed to be the future of the game, hoping to increase the creativity of chess. Twenty-six years later, on the 50th anniversary of his world championship win, R…

Koneru won on the day of the draw

GM Hampi Koneru squandered a 2-0 lead against GM Anna Muzychuk at the 2022-23 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament in Monaco on Wednesday. The game ended in a draw, and GM Maria Muzychuk and GM L…

Discovery theory with Fischer Random?!  Abdusattorov leads, Carlsen catches Nakamura

Nodirbek Abdusattorov extended his lead in Group A of the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship by sweeping both matches against GM Hjorvar Gretarsson on Wednesday. GM Magnus Carlsen also won two matches to join GM Hikaru Nakamura…

Another ideal start is before a rare tie

GM Sam Shankland started the Titled Tuesday with a score of 9/9 before winning the first event with a score of 10/11. In late action, a six-way tie for first place on nine points was not completely broken, with GMs Alexey Sarana and Bogdan-Daniel Di…

Koneru and Ley Muzychuk defeated the sisters, and the women's candidate tournament began

It wasn’t a good first day for the Muzychuk sisters at the 2022-23 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament in Monaco as they both lost as Blacks. GM Humpy Koneru found a good tactic to quickly defeat GM Anna Muzychuk, while GM Lei Tingzhi won…

The Twisted Wonders of Fisher Random: Abdusattorov, Nakamura Lid

Leaders Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Hikaru Nakamura won the 2022 Fischer Random World Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday. Abdusattorov took on GM Jan Nepomniachtchi and defeated GM Wesley So. Cash…

Double gold for Azerbaijan at the World Juniors

The 2022 World Junior Chess Championship was a success for Azerbaijan, IM Abdulla Gadimbaili won the open section, and WGM Govhar Beidullaeva won gold in the girls’ category. The event was for 20-year-old players…

Duda wins Aimchess Rapid 2022 in tiebreak

GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the Aimchess Rapid tournament after defeating GM Shahryar Mamedyarov in a blitz tiebreak on Friday, as Mamedyarov tied the score in the second match. It was Duda’s second win in the tournament…

How to watch the Chess.com World Championship Finals

The Chess.com World Championship Finals will begin on November 2, 2022! As the biggest tournament of the year comes to an exciting end, the live finals will be played in two locations: Toronto, Canada and Belgrade, Serbia. Check out the details…

Hans Niemann filed a $100 million lawsuit

GM Hans Niemann has filed a lawsuit against GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Hikaru Nakamura, Chess.com, Play Magnus Group and IM Danny Rensch, seeking at least $100 million in damages. The next episode where the trial cheats chess…

Duda leads the Aimchess Rapid final

GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda made a big move to win the Aimchess Rapid tournament on Thursday, defeating GM Shahryar Mamedyarov 3-1. The 24-year-old Duda, who lost to GM Magnus Carlsen in the semi-finals, dominated the first of two bouts…

Yu won the US Women's Championship in an exciting Armageddon tiebreaker

WGM’s Jennifer Yu was crowned the winner of the 2022 US Women’s Chess Championship after an exciting tiebreak that was supposed to be decided by Armageddon on Thursday. After winning the opening match against GM Irina Krush, Yu is very n…

Duda knocks out Carlsen and plays Mamedyarov in the final

On Wednesday, GM Magnus Carlsen was eliminated from the Aimchess Rapid tournament after losing to GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the semifinals. Duda’s next opponent is GM Shahryar Mamedyarov, who defeated GM Richard Rapport. How to watch? Games…

Caruana crowned US champion, Yu resurrected among women

GM Fabiano Caruana won the 2022 US Chess Championship with a score of 8.5/13 in St. Louis on Wednesday. GM Ray Robson did his best to match Caruana’s score, but couldn’t match GM Jeffery X…

The best teenager in the world is back with a win

GM Alireza Firouzja played in both Tuesday tournaments on October 18th with a total score of 18/22 to win the evening event. They were his first games on Chess.com since April 22, 2021. The first event was won by Tuan Min Le, elected from GM…

Carlsen knocks out Erigaisi to give the chess tour champions an early win

By reaching the semifinals of the Aimchess Rapid tournament, GM Magnus Carlsen secured an overall victory on the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The world champion defeated GM Arjun Erigaisi by knockout and will next face GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Oh…

Krush won a crucial match against Yu to take the lead alone

In the final round of the US Chess Championship on Tuesday, leader GM Fabiano Caruana tied for fifth with GM Sam Shankland and moved to 8/12. GM Ray Robson, his closest rival, is half a point behind with two players…

Carlsen and Erigaisi meet again as Aimchess Rapid knocks out

The quarterfinals of the Aimchess Rapid tournament will see another clash between GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Arjun Erigaisi, who played each other in the Julius Baer Generation Cup final last month. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda completed the first…

Sevian is still in contention after beating Swierch

Tensions were high in St. Louis after three decisive results in the high-tension 11th round of the 2022 US Chess Championship. GM Sam Sevian beat GM Dariusz Swierch in black to move up to third place, while…

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