"I have loved chess ever since I began playing in junior high school. Playing my fellow classmates, and even teachers, I made friends and had so many great conversations with people that I otherwise might have never spent any time with. Since then...
"I used to be “OK” at chess and would always beat the novice. But on the flip side the upper level intermediate would always crush me. I eventually got discouraged and stopped playing. I then found Chess.com. I went back to the basics ...
"Chess is the best form of procrastination known to humankind." - Very Bad Wizards Everybody is playing chess online now, and you're wondering how you can start playing too? Good news: it's super easy to start playing chess and having fun (and m...
To me, chess is more than just a game. It is a universal language, that transcends borders and generations. I’ve played chess on Chess.com with people from Serbia, Hungary, India, France, Italy, and so many other remote places. Although I do...
The best way to learn strategies for life is by playing games. - Rich Dad Everybody is playing chess online now, and you're wondering how you can start playing too? Good news: it's super easy to start playing chess and having fun (and maybe gett...
In this article, you can find the archive of official rules for all Chess.com events with prize money. Use the table of contents below to jump to a specific event. All prize money events are also subject to the Chess.com Competitive Events Policy ...
Hey, chess lovers! At last, 2020 is behind us and we can look hopefully forward to a new and better year in '21. But before we do that, let's take one last look back and focus on some of the good things that happened around the site in December 20...
Tata Steel Chess 2021 kicks off beginning January 16 and Chess.com members from around the world can get into all the action by playing in Chess.com's Tata Steel Fantasy Chess contest! With top players like World Champion Magnus Carlsen and world ...
The sixth season of the Arena Kings chess tournament series runs between January 11 and April 2, 2021 and features a total prize fund of $20,000. As in earlier seasons, Monday and Friday are the regular Ar...
IM Roberto Molina beat IM Levy Rozman in the finals of the 2021 I'M Not A GM Speed Chess Championship. Molina and Rozman were tied after the three-minute portion, but Molina pulled ahead by two points in the three-minute segment of ...
Chess.com was founded in 2006 and has grown to become the world’s largest chess company with more than 250+ team members across 20+ countries. We are a group of chess-loving creators, programmers, producers, artists, and support agents dedic...
Chess.com is excited to announce the winners of the 2020 Chess.com Awards. These awards are an opportunity for the Chess.com community to recognize and celebrate some of the great games, players, creators, moves, and more from 2020. The awards a...
Chess.com is thrilled to host PogChamps 3 presented by GRIP6, which is set to begin on February 14. Expected to be one of the most viewed chess tournaments in history, PogChamps 3 will have a $100,000 prize fund. Among the participants of this lan...
Voting is now closed as of 9 a.m. PT 12/31. Each year, Chess.com looks back on some of the best games, moves, and events from the prior 365 days. This year, Chess.com is thrilled to formalize this process and announce the 2020 Chess.com Awards. ...
Ho, ho, ho! 'Tis the season to play chess! Santa's in town, and he's ready to play! Whether you've been naughty or nice, there are five brand new holiday bots that you can challenge here on Chess.com. Play them before they have to go back to the N...
Hey, chess lovers! The end of the year is almost upon us, and as if that isn't enough reason to celebrate, we still have to look back at the penultimate month of the year—and review all the interesting things that happened around the site in...
The Bullet Open Championship will kick off on December 19-20, with the winner clinching a spot in next year's Bullet Chess Championship. With a $10,000 prize fund on the line, this event will feature a 1|0 time control, open to all ...
Hey, chess lovers!... What's new!? That's what we're here to find out! October 2020 was a fun & busy month, as the crazy-popular Netflix series The Queen's Gambit inspired many people to give chess a try—or rekindled a passion for...
After a rigorous qualification cycle, this Sunday will kick off the 2020 Speed Chess Championship. With GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Magnus Carlsen listed as the top players in the field, this year's competition stands to be the toughest edition...
The Speed Chess Championship Invitational is a 16-player knockout tournament from which the winner will qualify for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Main Event. It will be held Sunday, October 25, 2020 and has a $8,000 prize fund. How to...
The 2020 Speed Chess Championship has been expanded with a brand new, multi-event qualification system and a significantly increased total prize fund of $250,000 (a $150,000 increase over the 2019 event). The main 16-player SCC Ma...
The 2020 Chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championships sponsored by ChessKid was a 16-player knockout tournament among the top junior players in the world. In this second edition, there was a total prize fund of $25,000 on the line. Bracket ...
Can you attack like the great players in the Latvian School of Chess? Latvian chess players have been some of the best attackers for generations! GM Arturs Neiksans shows you the best moments of Mikhail Tal, Alexei Shirov, Alexander Shabalov, an...
Are your ready to stretch your chess thinking? When you're playing a chess game, no one tells you which positions require tactical or positional solutions. GM Surya Ganguly provides several practice examples. See if you're up for the challe...
