Arena Kings is a weekly event where streamers play in blitz arenas for their share of a $1,500 prize fund. Arenas run every Wednesday starting at 12:00 p.m. ET/18:00 CET. In this article, you will find the results for all the arenas that happened ...
Editor's Note: We are proud to present this study guide from NM Dane Mattson as part of our 2025 Chess Improvement Challenge. We encourage interested improvers to sign up for the challenge, set their goals, and join the official Improvers club! ...
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The end of the year is always a busy time, and Chess.com along with the rest of the chess world are not exempt. Right now there is an ongoing world championship, and everyone from content to Chessable is getting in on the fun. Soon, there will be ...
The end of the year is always a busy time in chess, and that is true once again as we enter the final two months of 2024. There is a world championship starting, while past world champions are—virtually—on the comeback trail in what wa...
Credit for this article goes to Pavel Lint, a senior developer at Chessable. The article is part of a series on Garry Kasparov, the rest of which is available at the Chessable blog. You know what’s interesting about GM Garry Kasparov? Ever...
There's a lot going on at Chess.com right now, and world champions are at the forefront: GM Magnus Carlsen keeps winning Chess.com events; GM Garry Kasparov brings a video course to Chessable; a game of chess between GM Viswanathan Anand and the w...
Credit for this article goes to Torsten Blass, a professional data analyst who runs The Data Digest, a YouTube channel. You can visit his channel at https://www.youtube.com/@TheDataDigest. The weekly Chess.com event Titled Tuesday has long...
Another busy month at Chess.com is in the books as we turn the page to September and the equinox. The ninth Speed Chess Championship approaches a dramatic conclusion, but that's not all that's happening this month in the world of Chess.com! Here...
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It's been another busy month here at Chess.com, from product upgrades, to the Champions Chess Tour, to the latest State of Chess.com address and all sorts of content, community events, bots, and more! Here's to an august August! Here's what this...
Tom Shupe is a US Chess Expert and the founder of MVP Chess, with the mission of providing high-value chess coaching at an affordable price. Tom started playing competitively in adulthood and overcame a physical disability to attain a national rat...
International Chess Day is almost upon us! This is the perfect opportunity for us to celebrate the joy of chess together. It doesn't matter where you live or who you are; we're all united by our love for the game. At Chess.com, we're proud to wo...
As 17-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju prepares for the FIDE World Championship in November, this month 10-year-old IM Faustino Oro and nine-year-old CM Ethan Pang set records while and nine-year-old WCM Bodhana Sivanandan made England's Olympiad team...
We've escaped the May-trix but June keeps us in the middle of a bullet-time showdown between some of the world's best players, as the 2024 Bullet Chess Championship continues. Also: a mysterious new bot, free lessons by titled players, and the r...
You might want to win more blitz games or maybe strengthen your tactical skills and see how far you can go in Puzzle Rush. Whatever your goal is, Chess.com has many features that can help you achieve them. However, with so many different feature...
Chess Played Quick (CPQ), Chess.com's series of events where top chess streamers complete bounties for prizes, is back for another edition! Chess Played Quick—BlitzChamps Hyper Bullet Arena will take place on May 20 at 1:30 p.m. ET / 19:30...
May's monthly update is here and we're recapping the Candidates Tournament, hooking the world's number one player up to a lie detector, and highlighting some of the chess world's true artists. Also, a much-requested dashboard for following event...
There's no way around it—every chess game starts with the opening. These first few moves are crucial to determining how the rest of the game will go. Because of this, learning how to play the opening well can drastically improve your results...
Established veterans face a new generation of up-and-coming talent in the Candidates Tournament, with three contenders under the age of 21. Meanwhile, teenagers continue to set new records and break the boundaries of what we thought was possible. ...
The games begin on Thursday, April 4, 2024, for the FIDE Candidates Tournament and FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament! They are being held simultaneously in Toronto, Canada. This article has all the information you need to watch, follow, a...
Players Schedule Format Prizes How To Play 📅 Every month 🏅 Prize fund: Premium memberships 📋 Format: Arena ⏳ Time control: 5+0 The International Multi-Club Arenas is a series of monthly arenas for members of t...
March's monthly update is here; it's time to catch up on everything that happened in February and get a preview of all the March madness heading your way. Unleash your inner detective with a murder mystery, celebrate International Women's Day wi...
It's a whopper of an update this month, with some exciting new features and improvements to make your Chess.com experience better than ever. How many visits did the website receive in January, and how many rating points were refunded by the Fair P...
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