A Chess.com user built a free analysis tool that pulls your entire public game history and reveals patterns the standard platform stats miss. The tool…

Nakamura just shattered the Bullet Brawl calendar record with his fourth consecutive victory, claiming the most wins in a single year with a quarter o…

Awonder Liang dominated the 2026 Seirawan Chess Championship with a perfect 3-0 record across all matches, cementing his mastery of the variant. The 2…

Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival just wrapped in Budapest with critical thinking as its driving theme. The 12th edition packed the Hungarian Natio…

Gymnasium No. 50 of Minsk dominated the World Schools Team Championship Europe 2026 in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, sweeping the event with an undefeated rec…

Hy Nguyen outran Maghsoodloo on tiebreaks to win the first 3+0 Thursday tournament on October 1, despite Maghsoodloo's nine points. Maghsoodloo then t…

The chess calendar is packed this November, with tournaments sprouting across the globe for players at every level. Whether you're hunting for a serio…

SNACA held its General Assembly in Samarkand and hit the reset button. The Small Nations Chess Association elected a new board, approved updated statu…

Freestyle Friday is back on Chess.com this week, and the stakes are real. Ten tournaments remain before the December knockout finals that will crown t…

Jonathan Speelman hits 70 today, and English chess owes him plenty. In the late 1980s, Speelman was a genuine world-class player. He cracked the top …

The International Scientific Conference "Theory and Practice of Chess Education" opened in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia this week, running October 1-2 alongsi…

Lichess has locked in its Streamer Arena calendar from August through December 2026. These weekly tournaments give content creators a dedicated platfo…

Saint Louis will host the 2026 U.S. and U.S. Women's Chess Championships this October 8-23, cementing the city's status as America's chess capital. Th…

TCEC is heading into its 30th season with a major shift: deeper AI integration across the competition. The Swiss system takes the lead role in the new…

Timur Turlov won election as FIDE President at the General Assembly held in Samarkand during the 2026 Chess Olympiad. Viswanathan Anand secured the De…

Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus seized the spotlight on October's FIDE rating list, riding massive gains from the 46th Chess Olympiad in…

The 45th Chess Olympiad wrapped up in Samarkand with the drama you'd expect from a final round. Uzbekistan faced Ukraine in a match that carried real …

# Europe's Young Guns Show Their Teeth in Tsaghkadzor The second day of the European Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championsh…