PogChamps 4 presented by Coinbase is set to begin on August 29, 2021 and run until the finals on September 12. Expected to be one of the most viewed chess tournaments in history, PogChamps 4 will have a $100,000 prize fund. The first thr...
Chess Played Quick is Chess.com's series of monthly events where top chess streamers do live speed runs using one of Chess.com's features. This month's event, Chess Played Quick: Bot Battles, will feature streamers terminating the bots from our ...
July 20 is here, and for those who don't know, that's International Chess Day. On this day, chess enthusiasts from all over the world will celebrate the wonderful game that brings us all together! Chess.com invites you to join the fun with these...
Hey, chess lovers! We are well into July already, which means it's high time to review last month's developments, as well as the latest numbers from our Fairplay and Support teams. Let's dive into June 2021... Web Fully released the new Da...
The 2021 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad is a worldwide online event where hundreds of participants from more than 100 different national teams will compete for the gold. The event will run from August 20 to September 15 on the Chess.com server. You ...
GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland won the 2021 FIDE World Cup. He defeated GM Sergey Karjakin in the final by a score of 1½-½ after winning their second game. That moment when, after @SergeyKaryakin, it's @MagnusCarlsen himself who...
Chess Played Quick is Chess.com's series of monthly events where top chess streamers do live speed runs using one of Chess.com's features. This month's event, Chess Played Quick Bullet Edition, starts on June 28 at 10 a.m. PT/19:00 CEST. During ...
Hey, chess lovers! We are well into June already, which means it's high time to review last month's developments, as well as the latest numbers from our Fairplay and Support teams. Let's dive into May 2021... Web Many more UI and fu...
The Blitzcoin Invitational presented by The Charlotte Chess Center and Chess.com is an event where top US Chess players 25 years old and under will compete for their share of one Bitcoin. The prized Bitcoin is generously provided by one of Daniel ...
Tournament Arc 2 is an event featuring YouTubers from the Anime community and Fighting Games players competing for their share of a $10,000 total prize fund. The event will run July 16 to 18 and 22 to 25, starting at 5 p.m. PT/02:00 CEST. The even...
CryptoChamps powered by Coinbase is a tournament featuring star personalities from the world of cryptocurrencies. The event will happen on June 12 and 13, starting at 10 a.m. Pacific/19:00 CEST. The total prize fund will be $25,000 and participant...
The 2021 Junior Speed Chess Championship presented by ChessKid was an online competition for top junior chess players. The event ran from June 7 through October 19 and featured a total prize fund of $35,000 for the competition. For the seco...
FM Anna-Maja Kazarian defeated WFM Alessia Santeramo and collected her second crown during February's Winner Stays. Kazarian is now only one win away from ascending to the Pantheon. Chess.com's Vice President of Engineering Josh defeated his cow...
Chess Done Quick is the new series of monthly events for streamers. Every month, top streamers will create new accounts and do a live speedrun using one of Chess.com's features. On May 31 at 12 p.m. Pacific/21:00 Central European the event ...
Hey, chess lovers! There's another month behind us, and that means another month of projects, large and small, to review! Here's what happened around the site in April 2021... Web Improved logic is now used to sort chess Events available to w...
The Arena Kings Season 7 runs from May 12 through August 4. Streamers will clash in a series of 3|0 blitz arenas to fight for their piece of a $40,000 prize fund and the Arena King title. Arenas start every Wednesday at 10 a.m. Pacific Time...
GM Hou Yifan won the 2021 Women's Speed Chess Championship after defeating GM Harika Dronavalli in the final match of the event. Harika was just one point behind Hou in the last game of the match, but the Chinese grandmaster managed to win the gam...
The FIDE Candidates Tournament resumes this Monday, April 19, 2021, in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The winner will earn the right to challenge GM Magnus Carlsen for the world championship in November in Dubai. This article provides you with all th...
Hey, chess lovers! Last month was a big month for new products and lots of updates and improvements. So let's review! Here's what happened around the site in March 2021... Web After applying the final touches, based on beta feedbac...
Chess.com is happy to announce that we have just rolled out another new feature: the Library. You can now create a collection of games and store them conveniently all in one place. Go To Your Library! Whether you want to study a particular open...
GM Alireza Firouzja won the main event of the 2021 Bullet Chess Championship after defeating GMs Vladislav Artemiev, Hikaru Nakamura, and Andrew Tang. Firouzja's exceptional performance has put the 17-year-old supergrandmaster back in the spotligh...
Hey, chess lovers! We have some fun stuff to report this month, including one brand-new and long-awaited feature, finally hitting beta. Let's jump right in and see what happened in February 2021... Web Updated board markings and highlight/arr...
PogChamps 3 will be supporting a range of charities selected by the participants in PogChamps 3 with all donations received on Twitch and other platforms during the event being passed on to charities selected by the participants. If you wish to co...
Hey, chess lovers! By now, most of us have stopped saying "Happy New Year," but it's not too late to take a look back at the first month of '21 - and shine a light on some cool things that have been happening around the site. Let's take a closer l...
