What the new rating will do is throw up an unified measure of strength for players across classical, rapid and blitz formats.

Hikaru Nakamura becomes the first player to reach a 3500 blitz rating on Chess.com, opening a 100-point gap over Magnus ...

England's record-breaking chess prodigy continued her extraordinary year with a perfect score at the Belfast qualifier for ...

Hot on the heels of the FIDE World Championship that saw Dommaraju Gukesh crowned (classical) chess champion of the world comes FIDE's World Championship for the two faster versions of the sport: ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. Tuesday’s final in New York was locked at ...

Magnus Carlsen suffers a shock defeat to chess influencer Witty Alien after a costly blunder. Find out how the Bulgarian ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi's decision to share the World Blitz Championship title for the first time in history has sent shockwaves through the chess community, sparking widespread ...

The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships is scheduled to begin on Friday (December 26), and all eyes will be on World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. A new generation of super-GMs is expected to rise ...

The Chess England event was a rare test of UK skills against strong foreign opposition ...

Erling Haaland is among the soccer players who have invested in one of their favorite pastimes, chess. The game is booming online.