An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th ...

Chess.com users reported problems launching games and maintaining connections on Wednesday, according to Downdetector, although the scale and cause of the disruption remained unclear.

Everything You Need To KnowThe 2026 Chess Olympiad is over—and Uzbekistan and China are the champions. A record 400 teams descended on Samarkand for 11 rounds of extraordinary chess, controversy, ...

The world’s top-ranked chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has drawn an unprecedented game where he played against more than 143,000 players from around the world. The event set a new record for someone ...

Freestyle Friday returns on October 2 as the 2026 championship resumes. See the schedule, start time and how to watch the ...

Chess has been around for a very long time and is considered one of the ultimate competitive games, pitting two people against each other in a strategic battle that is near impossible to perfect. At ...

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