The latest news from Chess.com. https://www.chess.com/ 2026 Chess.com Like clockwork, GM Hikaru Nakamura won his seventh consecutive Bullet Brawl on Saturday, this time scoring 178 points and finishing ahead of 218 titled players. A 23-game winning streak in the early stages of the arena effectively assured a Nakamu... https://www.chess.com/news/view/hikaru-nakamura-wins-bullet-brawl-oct-24-2026 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:06:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/hikaru-nakamura-wins-bullet-brawl-oct-24-2026 GM Anish Giri scored a crushing win over GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov as top-seed Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club beat defending champion SuperChess Romania 3.5-2.5 to win the 2026 European Chess Club Cup. Novy Bor Chess Club missed out on gold on ti... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-7 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:51:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-7 GM Hikaru Nakamura played the GOAT Horns Variation, referencing a recent advertisement featuring soccer star Lionel Messi, on his way to winning the first 3 0 Thursday tournament on October 22. GMs Fabiano Caruana and Parham Maghsoodloo won the se... https://www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-caruana-maghsoodloo-3-0-thursday-10-22-2026 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:18:56 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-caruana-maghsoodloo-3-0-thursday-10-22-2026 GM Hans Niemann won his third Freestyle Friday on October 23, scoring nine points and defeating last week's winner, GM Sina Movahed, on tiebreaks, as well as in their individual encounter in round 10. Like Movahed, the win was Niemann's first in t... https://www.chess.com/news/view/niemann-wins-freestyle-friday-october-23-2026 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:08:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/niemann-wins-freestyle-friday-october-23-2026 The extraordinary FM Bodhana Sivanandan has done it again. On Friday, the 11-year-old prodigy achieved yet another record, becoming the youngest girl ever to complete the requirements for the International Master title, securing her third and fina... https://www.chess.com/news/view/bodhana-sivanandan-youngest-female-international-master Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:48:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/bodhana-sivanandan-youngest-female-international-master GM Magnus Carlsen wants more events that are exciting to watch. Now he has helped shape one. The world number-one will headline the inaugural MOVE Cup in Barcelona on January 19–20, 2027, an eight-player rapid tournament with €300,000 i... https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-move-cup-barcelona-2027 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:11:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-move-cup-barcelona-2027 GM Wesley So won his fourth national title at the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship after beating the defending champion, GM Fabiano Caruana, 1.5-0.5 in rapid tiebreaks. The previous day played out the least likely scenario: So lost to GM Sam Sevian an... https://www.chess.com/news/view/wesley-so-wins-2026-us-chess-championship Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:54:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/wesley-so-wins-2026-us-chess-championship Leaders SuperChess Romania and Novy Bor Chess Club fought out a thrilling draw in round six of the 2026 European Chess Club Cup, with wins for GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Bogdan-Daniel Deac balanced out by wins for GMs Nihal Sarin and David Nava... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-6 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:31:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-6 Nobody is happier after 11 rounds of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship than GM Fabiano Caruana, who has a new chance to win his fifth consecutive title. GM Wesley So entered the final round with a full-point lead, but the most likely result was not... https://www.chess.com/news/view/rachael-li-wins-2026-us-womens-chess-championship Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:33:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/rachael-li-wins-2026-us-womens-chess-championship GM Nihal Sarin could afford to take a draw in a won position against GM Wei Yi as GMs David Anton and Pentala Harikrishna gave Novy Bor Chess Club a 4-2 victory over second-seed Alkaloid in round five of the 2026 European Chess Club Cup. In the pe... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-5 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:50:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-5 Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi shared a chess-themed ad for ChatGPT with his 517 million Instagram followers on Wednesday, in a post that is bound to generate massive interest. The world's second-most followed person on Instagram, behind only... https://www.chess.com/news/view/lionel-messi-chatgpt-chess-instagram Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:55:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/lionel-messi-chatgpt-chess-instagram Think you can dunk on an NBA player at chess? Houston Rockets star Steven Adams is now a bot on Chess.com! Head to the Play Bots page and try your luck against our tallest chess bot ever! With a towering 6'11" presence and a tough chess rating of... https://www.chess.com/news/view/play-chess-against-steven-adams Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:00:17 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/play-chess-against-steven-adams It's the GM Wesley So show at the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship as the three-time winner coasts to the final round with a full-point lead over GMs Fabiano Caruana and Grigoriy Oparin. He made a quick draw with GM Hans Niemann to maintain that lead,... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-us-chess-championships-round-10 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:25:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-us-chess-championships-round-10 GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Anish Giri, and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus all lost in round four of the 2026 European Chess Club Cup, falling to GMs Aydin Suleymanli, Pranav Venkatesh, and Karthikeyan Murali respectively. While Abdusattorov was rescued by hi... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-4 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:20:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-4 IM Levy Rozman has another New York Times bestseller. His new book, How to Win at Chess, Next Level, has reached the prestigious list, while his two How to Win at Chess titles currently rank in the top two spots on Amazon’s bestselling chess... https://www.chess.com/news/view/gothamchess-returns-to-new-york-times-bestseller-list-holds-amazons-top-2-chess-spots Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:46:57 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/gothamchess-returns-to-new-york-times-bestseller-list-holds-amazons-top-2-chess-spots GM Hikaru Nakamura won a dramatic Titled Tuesday on October 20, taking down GM Alireza Firouzja in the final round to win the event with 9.5/11. Nakamura also needed tiebreaks to beat out GMs Dmitry Andreikin and Sina Movahed, who finished in seco... https://www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-wins-titled-tuesday-october-20-2026 Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-wins-titled-tuesday-october-20-2026 GM Wesley So held onto his full-point lead in round nine of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship by fending off defending champion GM Fabiano Caruana. There were five draws and just one decisive game, where GM Grigoriy Oparin defeated GM Sam Shankland... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-us-chess-championships-round-9 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:35:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-us-chess-championships-round-9 GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, the highest-rated 15-year-old of all time, is now world number-15 on the live rating list after winning a time-trouble battle on his 2026 European Chess Club Cup debut. GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Anish Giri also won thei... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-3 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:23:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-3 The favorites continued to cruise in round two of the 2026 European Chess Club Cup, with GMs Wei Yi, Arjun Erigaisi, and Richard Rapport among the stars to move to 2/2. Top seed Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club again rested GMs Anish Giri and Yagi... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-2 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:12:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-2 After his three wins in the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship so far in different endgames, GM Wesley So defeated one of his nearest pursuers, GM Andy Woodward, in a pawn endgame in the eighth round. He is now on six points and extends his sole lead to... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-us-chess-championships-round-8 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:02:18 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-us-chess-championships-round-8 GM Hikaru Nakamura extended the most dominant run in Bullet Brawl history on Saturday, cruising to a resounding 46-point victory with a score of 190 points. The American secured his sixth consecutive first-place finish and netted the $400 first pr... https://www.chess.com/news/view/hikaru-nakamura-wins-bullet-brawl-oct-17-2026 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:02:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/hikaru-nakamura-wins-bullet-brawl-oct-17-2026 The top teams could rest the likes of GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Anish Giri, and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus while still scoring 6-0 clean sweeps in round one of the 41st European Chess Club Cup in Budva, Montenegro. GM Nils Grandelius was one of the few ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-1 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:12:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-european-chess-club-cup-round-1 GM Wesley So remained the only unbeaten player and sole leader of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship with five points when he fought back from a worse position to defeat GM Ray Robson in round seven. Among the joint leaders from the previous round, ... https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-us-chess-championships-round-7 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 01:00:00 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/2026-us-chess-championships-round-7 Grandmasters, the documentary offering an inside look at GMs Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hans Niemann, and the struggle over chess's future, has reached movie theaters across the United States. The film screened at 92 AMC locations on October 11 an... https://www.chess.com/news/view/grandmasters-reaches-92-amc-theaters-expands-after-sold-out-new-york-premiere Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:14:59 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/grandmasters-reaches-92-amc-theaters-expands-after-sold-out-new-york-premiere GM Sina Movahed won Freestyle Friday on October 16, riding a 7/7 start to sole first place on nine points. GM Haowen Xue finished second with 8.5/11, surpassing GM Ian Nepomniachtchi on tiebreaks. The win was Movahed's sixth in Freestyle Friday, t... https://www.chess.com/news/view/movahed-wins-freestyle-friday-october-16-2026 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:25:18 -0700 https://www.chess.com/news/view/movahed-wins-freestyle-friday-october-16-2026