The latest news from Chess.com. https://www.chess.com/ 2026 Chess.com GM Magnus Carlsen's Alpine APL Pipers and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi's Ganges Grandmasters lead the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League after day seven, with just one more match left in the round-robin stage. The Alpine APL Pipers won by a thin, two... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-7 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:49:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-7 It was a day of tiebreaks in 3 0 Thursday on September 10. In the first tournament, GM Denis Lazavik surpassed three other players on tiebreaks to take the title for the second straight week. In the second event, GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda surpassed tw... https://www.chess.com/news/view/lazavik-duda-taher-3-0-thursday-09-10-2026 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:49:40 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/lazavik-duda-taher-3-0-thursday-09-10-2026 You can now handle 1.e4 like a super-grandmaster. GM Wesley So has just released Elite 1.e4 e5 - Part 1, his new course built around his personal answer to White's most common opening move, 1.e4. With positional, dependable lines, So will teach yo... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-wesley-sos-1e4-e5-part-1-course Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-wesley-sos-1e4-e5-part-1-course FIDE presidential candidates Jan Henric Buettner and Timur Turlov clashed over how the world chess body should be funded—and whether it should continue relying on wealthy benefactors. The third candidate, Wadim Rosenstein, disconnected short... https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-presidential-debate-recap-2026 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:41:54 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-presidential-debate-recap-2026 The FYERS American Gambits, led by GM Javokhir Sindarov, dominated a critical match against the Ganges Grandmasters, led by GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, to join a three-way tie with the Grandmasters and GM Magnus Carlsen's Alpine APL Pipers on day six o... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-6 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:48:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-6 Applications are now open for the inaugural $50,000 Naroditsky Fellowship, which will support elite American junior players with training, travel, and tournament preparation in 2027. The deadline to apply is December 1. The Fellowship is one of t... https://www.chess.com/news/view/naroditsky-fellowship-applications-open-2027 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:03:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/naroditsky-fellowship-applications-open-2027 GM Javokhir Sindarov's second win in a row, this time over GM Alireza Firouzja, took FYERS American Gambits into the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League lead while Triveni Continental Kings slumped to the bottom after a second loss of the day. ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-5 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:10:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-5 Chess.com is once again partnering with legendary GM Judit Polgar to support her festival, the Judit Polgar Global Chess Festival. Judit will play a community simul on September 26 at 7:30 a.m. ET / 13:30 CEST / 5:00 p.m. IST. The event will take ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-judit-polgar-chess-festival-2026 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-judit-polgar-chess-festival-2026 GM Alireza Firouzja's Triveni Continental Kings continued their comeback by beating the leaders, GM Magnus Carlsen's Alpine APL Pipers, as the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League crossed the halfway mark with no teams breaking clear of the pack... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-4 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:50:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-4 The lead wasn't necessarily the ideal place to be in Titled Tuesday on September 8, before GM Liem Le won his first of the year with a 9.5 score, ahead of GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Tobias Koelle on tiebreaks. For the second straight week, GM Jan-K... https://www.chess.com/news/view/liem-le-wins-titled-tuesday-september-8-2026 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:49:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/liem-le-wins-titled-tuesday-september-8-2026 Staying true to your opening repertoire just got easier with Game Review. Whenever you're reviewing a game, your coach will tell you when you've deviated from the lines taught in your Chess.com Courses. With this new Game Review feature, you can i... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-game-review-course-check Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:03:22 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-game-review-course-check GM Magnus Carlsen flagged GM Viswanathan Anand in the opening match of day three of the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, but it couldn't stop Alpine APL Pipers tasting its first defeat when GM Vidit Gujrathi also lost on time. Vidit and the... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-3 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:56:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-3 On September 9, Chess.com is hosting the first live FIDE presidential debate of this election. The three candidates—Jan Henric Buettner, Wadim Rosenstein, and Timur Turlov—will join to discuss their visions for the future of chess. He... https://www.chess.com/news/view/how-to-watch-fide-presidential-debate-2026 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/how-to-watch-fide-presidential-debate-2026 GM Magnus Carlsen's Alpine APL Pipers has the only perfect record in the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League after scoring a dramatic win over GM Ian Nepomniachtchi's Ganges Grandmasters. Nepomniachtchi failed to beat the world number-one with ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-2 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-2 GM Javokhir Sindarov beat GM Viswanathan Anand and made a draw against GM Alireza Firouzja as the FYERS American Gambits won both matches on day one of the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. There were also wins for GM Magnus Carlsen's Alpine... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-1 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 13:07:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-day-1 GM Jeffery Xiong emerged as the winner of a thrilling edition of Bullet Brawl on Saturday in an event that saw the lead change several times, with several players taking turns at the top of the standings. Xiong scored 49.5/68 to post 162 arena po... https://www.chess.com/news/view/xiong-wins-bullet-brawl-sep-5-2026 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 12:05:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/xiong-wins-bullet-brawl-sep-5-2026 Duck Chess specialist Edward Khachatryan of Israel defeated defending champion IM Nhat Minh To in both the Winners Final and the Grand Final to triumph in the 2026 Duck Chess Championship and pocket the winner's purse of $750. Nhat Minh gained $50... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-duck-chess-championship-khachatryan-wins Sat, 05 Sep 2026 01:19:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-duck-chess-championship-khachatryan-wins IM Renato Terry extended his record for most 3 0 Thursday victories to 18 on September 3 after winning the final tournament of the day with a 9.5/11 score. Earlier, GMs Denis Lazavik and Parham Maghsoodloo took home the top prizes as well. NM Liud... https://www.chess.com/news/view/lazavik-maghsoodloo-terry-3-0-thursday-09-03-2026 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:35:20 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/lazavik-maghsoodloo-terry-3-0-thursday-09-03-2026 The Collegiate Chess League (CCL) is back for another thrilling season, and registrations for Fall 2026 are officially open! Once again, the CCL will boast a $25,000 prize fund and the exciting four-vs.-four team format that fans and players love.... https://www.chess.com/news/view/collegiate-chess-league-fall-2026-registration Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/collegiate-chess-league-fall-2026-registration "I think, at the moment, I would say he's the number one player in the world," GM Viswanathan Anand recently told The Times of India about GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, who followed victory in Norway Chess 2026 by winning the 2026 Grand Chess Tour... https://www.chess.com/news/view/praggnanandhaa-interview-olympiad-gukesh-sindarov Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:56:44 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/praggnanandhaa-interview-olympiad-gukesh-sindarov GM Faustino Oro has officially been awarded the GM title by FIDE, making the 12-year-old Argentinian "Messi of Chess" the youngest current grandmaster. The confirmation comes shortly after he broke 3300 in blitz on Chess.com, giving an extra boost... https://www.chess.com/news/view/faustino-oro-officially-becomes-worlds-youngest-grandmaster Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:11:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/faustino-oro-officially-becomes-worlds-youngest-grandmaster Nigerian-born CM Chikwere Onyekwere (aka "Chichi"), the highest-rated hustler in New York's Washington Square Park, was detained by ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) on Tuesday, August 25, and is currently in the Prairieland Detention... https://www.chess.com/news/view/washington-square-park-hustler-chichi-detained-by-ice Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:20:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/washington-square-park-hustler-chichi-detained-by-ice The main event of the fourth season of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, the world's largest chess league, starts on September 5. Soon, the very best players in the world will gather in Bengaluru, India, to play in one of this year's biggest ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/how-to-watch-global-chess-league-season-4 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/how-to-watch-global-chess-league-season-4 Chess.com’s Chief Chess Officer, IM Danny Rensch, hosted State of Chess on Tuesday to share all the latest updates for Chess.com. The show featured special guests Liza Mandelup, executive producer and director of the new film Grandmasters,&n... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-state-of-chess-september Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:44:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-state-of-chess-september GM Vladimir Kramnik has lost his lawsuit against Dutch chess magazine New In Chess over an article that accused the former world champion of cyberbullying GM Daniel Naroditsky. An Amsterdam court ruled that the article was not unlawful, rejected a... https://www.chess.com/news/view/vladimir-kramnik-loses-new-in-chess-lawsuit Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:30:34 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/vladimir-kramnik-loses-new-in-chess-lawsuit