Missed your morning alarm? Heart beating out of your chest? Thought you’d overslept an exam? Well, my friend, this is not a drill. You’ve been enrolled at The Gambit Academy and your chess skills are ready to be tested. Can you defeat ...
Chess.com is excited to announce we're once more partnering with legendary GM Judit Polgar to support the 2024 Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival. The event will take place on September 17 at the Hungarian National Gallery and on September 18 at...
Chess.com is excited to announce the 2024 edition of the Julius Baer Women's Speed Chess Championship, Chess.com's premier chess event for women. This year's event will feature an expanded field of 16 of the strongest women chess players in the wo...
You can now play chess against Wallows, the indie rock band composed of Braeden Lemasters, Cole Preston, and Dylan Minnette. Their new bot is now available on our Play Computer page in the Musicians section. Play Against Wallows Wallows, who a...
Chess.com is happy to announce that the next edition of State of Chess.com will be held on August 1 at 1 p.m. ET / 19:00 CEST / 9:30 p.m. IST. We invite you to tune in to our Twitch and YouTube channels to hear what we've been up to and where we'r...
Chess.com is excited to announce a complete redesign of our popular Game Review feature. Analyzing your games is now more fun and intuitive, with all the features our members know and love put front and center of the Game Review experience. We'r...
Superstar sisters WFM Alexandra and Andrea Botez are hosting, for the first time ever, a FIDE-rated event for female creators and players. The event, called Chess Camp, will take place at a mansion in Malibu, California, from July 24 to July 31 an...
Chess.com is excited to announce a new partnership with Tech Mahindra to support the second season of the Global Chess League. The event will take place at Friends House in London from October 3 to 12 and feature a $1,000,000 prize fund. The Glo...
Get your potions ready! We're excited to announce the 2024 Spell Chess Championship, the next installment of this year's Chess.com Community Championships. Starting on August 1, anyone can be the next Chess.com Spell Chess Champion—and take ...
Chess.com is excited to announce the 2024 CrunchLabs Masters, the next leg of The Champions Chess Tour (CCT). Running from July 17 to July 24, this highly anticipated event, in partnership with CrunchLabs, will feature the world's top chess player...
Chess.com is excited to announce the winners of the 2023 Create Your Own Course contest, authors IceBreaker and Benedictine! Their courses, Killer Kings: The King as a Fighting Piece in Chess and Advanced Chess Patterns, are now available on Chess...
GM Hikaru Nakamura is proud to announce Hikaru's Kickathalon of Chess - Sponsored by Kick.com. On Thursday, July 11 at 12 p.m. ET/18:00 CEST, both titled and amateur players alike will have a chance to compete for a share of the $13,150 prize fund...
Are you ready to take on some of the greatest strategists in history? Prepare your army and head to our Play Computer page to join forces with the new Roman Empire bots. The more games you win against the bots, the stronger they grow as the month ...
It's a common problem among chess players: You played a good opening and developed all your pieces. But what do you do next? If you're among the many players who struggle to find the right plan in the middlegame, it's because you're missing the ...
It's time to let your inner chess author shine. We're excited to announce Chessable's 2024 Create Your Own Course contest! This is your chance to launch your own Chessable course presented by none other than 2021 Chessable Author of the Year, IM A...
Scramble the back rank of your sets because the 2024 Chess.com Community Championships is launching the Chess960 Championships in just a few weeks! The enticing prize fund of $7,500 includes $2,000 for first place, $1,400 for second, $800 for t...
The first game of the 2024 NBA Finals is on Thursday, and we're celebrating the ultimate basketball showdown with chess. Two of the biggest stars in the Finals have Chess.com bots and we're offering a limited-time only bot challenge starting on&nb...
You’ve played fun, new monthly Chess.com bots for years. Now it’s time for you to play the first chess robot ever built, The Mechanical Turk! Created in 1770, The Mechanical Turk was a chess playing automaton that toured around...
Chess.com is excited to announce Chess Events, a brand new app that isolates key features of the site and main app to streamline a user's experience with major events. Chess Events will help you stay up-to-date with the latest tournaments and resu...
Chess.com is back at TwitchCon this year, with the 2024 European TwitchCon event kicking off in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on June 29. There are plenty of amazing activities planned for chess fans, and we look forward to meeting many of you the...
When it comes to chess, are you a Mad Scientist or a Professor? An Artist or a Technician? You can now learn more about your chess self with our new Chess Personality page! Visit Chess Personality Chess Personality will pose 20 quick and fun q...
In an era where it only takes a few clicks for anyone to learn a trappy chess opening, cheeky opponents abound. In fact, anyone who enjoys playing online chess is almost guaranteed to come across a tricky and trappy gambit. Now, it's time for yo...
Chess.com is announcing Kids vs. Stars—a series of matches between the generations of bright young talent facing your favorite stars and content creators! Will the kids take over or will the stars defend the guard? Don't miss this! This...
The 2024 Speed Chess Championship is fast approaching—and this year it will end with a live, in-person final staged in Paris. For the first time, Chess.com is taking the climax of its flagship fast time control event offline. The French ca...
