The latest news from Chess.com. https://www.chess.com/ 2026 Chess.com GM Hans Niemann leads the 2026 Super Rapid & Blitz Poland after nine rounds of rapid chess, with 18 rounds of blitz to come in the next two days. A win against GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in round eight, accompanied by two draws, was enough to break... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-super-rapid-blitz-poland-day-3 Thu, 07 May 2026 09:40:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-super-rapid-blitz-poland-day-3 GM Magnus Carlsen has won the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament after grinding out a trademark classical win over GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and then beating GM Arjun Erigaisi 2-1 in blitz tiebreaks. Arjun began the day as sole leader but needed luck... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-7 Thu, 07 May 2026 09:34:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-7 GMs Wesley So and Hans Niemann lead the 2026 Super Rapid & Blitz Poland after six rounds, with GM Vladimir Fedoseev just one point behind in sole second. Lagging two points behind him are GMs Fabiano Caruana, Gukesh Dommaraju (who will be cele... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-super-rapid-blitz-poland-day-2 Wed, 06 May 2026 13:18:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-super-rapid-blitz-poland-day-2 GM Arjun Erigaisi ground out a 67-move win over GM Zhu Jiner to go into the final round of the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament as the sole leader on 4.5/6. GM Magnus Carlsen is half a point back after using the King's Indian Defense to take dow... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-6 Wed, 06 May 2026 12:41:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-6 Swedish GM Axel Smith is preparing for an extraordinary test of mental endurance by playing 49 blindfold games simultaneously, not just in pursuit of a record, but to raise awareness for a climate campaign. On Thursday, May 7, the Swedish grandm... https://www.chess.com/news/view/gm-axel-smith-to-attempt-record-49-board-blindfold-simul Wed, 06 May 2026 09:48:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/gm-axel-smith-to-attempt-record-49-board-blindfold-simul For most players, a six-month wait between Titled Tuesday victories would not be remarkable; hundreds play every single week, yet only a few dozen players have even won twice ever. But for all-time victories leader GM Hikaru Nakamura, months betwe... https://www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-wins-titled-tuesday-may-5-2026 Wed, 06 May 2026 02:03:15 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-wins-titled-tuesday-may-5-2026 Stow the provisions, open the sails, and take on the scourge of the seven seas! A parrot, a captain, an Internet pirate, a legend, and a chess master. Can you beat all five bots before they sail into the sunset? Challenge them on the Play Computer... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-pirate-bots Tue, 05 May 2026 12:14:25 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-pirate-bots GM Arjun Erigaisi pounced on a blunder by GM Jorden van Foreest to grab his second win and join GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus in the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament lead. Erdogmus escaped with a 104-move draw vs. GM Andy Woodward, while GM Magnus Carl... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-5 Tue, 05 May 2026 11:48:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-5 A last-round win by GM Fabiano Caruana over GM Wesley So, who had been leading, left five players on 4/6 after three rounds at the 2026 Super Rapid & Blitz Poland, the first event of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour. Besides Caruana and So, other lea... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-super-rapid-blitz-poland-day-1 Tue, 05 May 2026 10:41:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-super-rapid-blitz-poland-day-1 GM Jorden van Foreest is the first player to beat GM Magnus Carlsen in classical chess since GM Gukesh Dommaraju's famous win in Norway Chess 2025. Carlsen looked set to escape a tough game intact but finally fell in a nail-biting endgame, while G... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-4 Mon, 04 May 2026 12:01:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-4 GMs Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Arjun Erigaisi picked up their first wins of the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament to reach a five-way tie for the lead with GMs Magnus Carlsen, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Andy Woodward. Erdogmus is up to 2711.9 and wo... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-3 Sun, 03 May 2026 10:41:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-3 "That was a fun game, for sure!" said GM Magnus Carlsen after risking the Benoni to beat GM Nils Grandelius and join the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament leaders after round two. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov let a winning position slip three times a... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-2 Sat, 02 May 2026 16:50:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-2 For the first time since January, GM Hikaru Nakamura took part in and won an edition of Bullet Brawl, keeping his 100% win rate in 2026 intact. The Bullet Brawl king scored 52.5/65 for a total of 172 points, 20 points more than the second-placed G... https://www.chess.com/news/view/hikaru-nakamura-wins-bullet-brawl-may-2-2026 Sat, 02 May 2026 16:03:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/hikaru-nakamura-wins-bullet-brawl-may-2-2026 Head Coach GM Liem Le announced on April 30 that the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) at Webster University is discontinued. It has been one of the most powerful collegiate chess programs in the United States for over a decade, ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/spice-chess-program-terminated Sat, 02 May 2026 07:38:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/spice-chess-program-terminated World number-four Nodirbek Abdusattorov and 15-year-old rising star GM Andy Woodward took the early lead in Malmo as the 2026 TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament began. They both pounced on game-deciding blunders, with Abdusattorov beating GM Zhu Jiner ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-1 Fri, 01 May 2026 14:19:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-round-1 GMs Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Oleksandr Bortnyk and IM Renato Terry all continued their recent strong blitz form with wins in 3 0 Thursday tournaments on April 30. For Duda, winning the first event was a nice complement to his victory in Titled Tuesday ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/duda-bortnyk-terry-3-0-thursday-04-23-2026 Fri, 01 May 2026 14:09:48 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/duda-bortnyk-terry-3-0-thursday-04-23-2026 GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda won Freestyle Friday in a comeback on May 1, winning in the final round to scratch out a win on tiebreaks over GM Jose Martinez. The feat marks the second time Duda has won both Titled Tuesday and Freestyle Friday in the... https://www.chess.com/news/view/duda-wins-freestyle-friday-may-1-2026 Fri, 01 May 2026 11:10:11 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/duda-wins-freestyle-friday-may-1-2026 If 2024 was the golden year for India, with double gold in the Olympiad and GM Gukesh Dommaraju crowned world champion, 2026 is shaping up to be a golden year for Uzbekistan so far. The nation's number-one GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov has already been... https://www.chess.com/news/view/may-2026-fide-ratings Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:59:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/may-2026-fide-ratings Say hello to your new coach! You can now have the strongest woman in the world and one of chess's most iconic players, GM Judit Polgar, as your virtual coach on Chess.com. Pick Judit as your coach and enjoy her voice and commentary whenever you so... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-new-judit-polgar-coach Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-new-judit-polgar-coach GM Alojzije Jankovic has strongly denied allegations of financial misconduct and called the Croatian Chess Federation's announcement that it has filed a criminal complaint against its former secretary general an attempt to damage his reputation. ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/gm-alojzije-jankovic-denies-fraud-allegations Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:17:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/gm-alojzije-jankovic-denies-fraud-allegations Get ready to climb the highest heights! The Chess.com King of the Hill Chess Championship is the next event of the Chess.com Community Championships. The event takes place from May 6 to May 8 and will feature a $2,500 prize fund—along with t... https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-chesscom-king-of-the-hill-chess-championship-2026 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:11:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-chesscom-king-of-the-hill-chess-championship-2026 Chess.com Open runner-up GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who qualified for the 2026 Esports World Cup with the result, followed up by winning Titled Tuesday on April 28. Propelled by an 8/8 start, Duda would only score half a point in the next two rounds, ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/duda-wins-titled-tuesday-april-28-2026 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:23:46 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/duda-wins-titled-tuesday-april-28-2026 WFM Alexandra Botez got off to a shaky start in the seventh episode of Kids vs. Stars when she found herself lost in seven moves against her 13-year-old Canadian compatriot WFM Ashley Qian. That game couldn't be saved, but despite serious time tro... https://www.chess.com/news/view/alexandra-botez-kids-vs-stars-episode-7 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:27:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/alexandra-botez-kids-vs-stars-episode-7 Millions of viewers of Jeopardy!—one of America’s most popular TV shows—saw a dramatic shakeup on Monday when IM Greg Shahade dethroned one of its most dominant contestants ever. Jamie Ding had become a popular personality duri... https://www.chess.com/news/view/greg-shahade-wins-jeopardy-ends-champion-dings-31-game-streak Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:52:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/greg-shahade-wins-jeopardy-ends-champion-dings-31-game-streak Team Liquid's GM Magnus Carlsen won the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs after defeating GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in an exhilarating Grand Final. Duda, coming from the Losers Bracket, dominated the first match 2.5-0.5, but Carlsen came back in the Match ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-2026-chesscom-open-playoffs Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:28:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-2026-chesscom-open-playoffs