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The bullet king Alireza Firouzja defended his title by defeating Oleksandr Bortnyk 19.5-5.5 in the 2025 #BulletChess Championship Grand Final! www.chess.com/news/view/fi...

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Congratulations to @rpraggnachess on becoming the Indian no. 1, the World no. 4, and winning a 3rd supertournament this year in tiebreaks!

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"If he would not tilt, probably it would be a closer match for sure," said Alireza Firouzja after winning yet another crushing #BulletChess match against Daniel Naroditsky! www.chess.com/news/view/20...

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GM Hikaru Nakamura won #FreestyleFriday on June 27 with a perfect 11/11 score, matching the feat accomplished three weeks ago by GM Jeffery Xiong. www.chess.com/news/view/na...

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India's latest chess sensation, CM Aarit Kapil, is only nine years old. This week, he came within inches of defeating none other than world number-one GM Magnus Carlsen in Chess.com's #TitledTuesday. www.chess.com/news/view/9-...

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"I know people are burying me, but I'm at least going to try against Alireza," said Daniel Naroditsky ahead of his Winners Final #BulletChess match against Alireza Firouzja! www.chess.com/news/view/20...

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The fifth event in the #FreestyleChess Grand Slam Tour was scheduled to take place in Delhi from September 17-25, but has now officially been cancelled due to a lack of sponsors. www.chess.com/news/view/fr...

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Alireza Firouzja, Nihal Sarin, Daniel Naroditsky, and Sam Sevian are the last ones left in the Winners Bracket of the 2025 #BulletChess Championship after day one. www.chess.com/news/view/20...

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Bibisara Assaubayeva has been invited to join Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana & co. in the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess Grand Slam!

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Congratulations Denis Lazavik for winning the late #TitledTuesday!

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Nineteen-year-old Belgian GM Daniel Dardha is reported to have set a new world record after playing a 50-board clock simul this month, pending official approval. www.chess.com/news/view/da...

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Abdusattorov moved above Gukesh into the world no. 5 spot as he scored 3 wins to lead Arjun and Maghsoodloo by half a point in the UzChess Masters!

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Hans Niemann celebrated his 22nd birthday by booking a spot in the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess Grand Slam!

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Magnus Carlsen created a viral hit when he slammed the table in rage following his loss against Gukesh Dommaraju in #NorwayChess. Over 6,000 newspaper articles were published in India and the Middle East alone during the 12-day event. www.chess.com/news/view/ma...

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Carissa Yip won the Cairns Cup, scored a 2nd GM norm & is on the brink of the Women's World Top 20 after making a 98-move draw with Alice Lee in the final round!

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Hans Niemann beat Ding Liren to join Yu Yangyi, Vladimir Fedoseev & Denis Lazavik in the Semifinals of the battle for a spot in the $700k Las Vegas Freestyle Chess Grand Slam!

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👏 Congratulations to Carissa Yip for winning the 2025 #CairnsCup, ahead of six GMs and three other IMs! She earns $65,000 and her second grandmaster norm!

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Round eight of the #CairnsCup 2025 has set up a dramatic final round. Carissa Yip, leading the event, will face her friend, Alice Lee, in a bittersweet last round where only one, but not both, can win the tournament and achieve the grandmaster norm. www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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Grandmasters Rasmus Svane, Denis Lazavik, Pranesh M, and Martyn Kravtsiv advanced from the Swiss stage to the knockouts in the hopes of reaching the #FreestyleChess Grand Slam Las Vegas tournament! www.chess.com/news/view/sv...

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A week after GMs Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen won #TitledTuesday on June 10, Titled Tuesday on June 17 was won by... Carlsen and Niemann. www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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After yet another shakeup at the #CairnsCup 2025, we have three leaders: GM Koneru Humpy, IM Carissa Yip, and IM Alice Lee. www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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Justin Reid moved from the Chiefs to the Saints in the offseason, but over the chessboard, nothing has changed. He confidently defended his title to become the first ever repeat winner of #BlitzChamps IV. www.chess.com/news/view/ju...

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IM Renato Terry had checkmate in two against Magnus Carlsen but lost the game! Can you find it? Black to move. chess.com/game/live/14... #TitledTuesday

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After a rest day, the players returned to the #CairnsCup 2025 ready to fight in round six. Koneru Humpy leads after an all-decisive round! www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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WR Chess won the World Blitz Team Championship for a 2nd year in a row, but not without controversy!

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13-year-old Khagan Ahmad beat Hikaru Nakamura, but it was a day of the favorites as the 16 teams were decided for Sunday's World Blitz Team Championship knockout!

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IM Carissa Yip notched up another win in round five of the #CairnsCup! The three leaders remain: GM Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, and IM Alice Lee. www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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Andrew Tang is still the fastest man in chess after retaining his Hyperbullet Championship title in a Grand Final against Daniel Naroditsky — players had 30 seconds for all their moves!

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GMs Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli won in round four to catch IM Alice Lee in the lead of the #CairnsCup 2025! www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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Team MGD1 clinched World Rapid Team Championship gold while favorites WR Chess missed out on the podium after a crazy Firouzja-Abdusattorov clash!

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GM Denis Lazavik won #FreestyleFriday! None of the top three finishers have even turned 20 yet. www.chess.com/news/view/la...

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Insurance company Symetra Financial was crowned as the champions of the 2025 North American Corporate Chess League (NACCL) on Thursday! www.chess.com/news/view/sy...

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Vishy Anand stunned world no. 3 Arjun Erigaisi on day 2 of the World Rapid Team Championship, comparing the win to one of his greatest games!

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"For sure, luck comes and goes," said Carissa Yip after scoring her first win in the 2025 #CairnsCup! www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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Arjun's Team MGD1 lead the World Rapid Team Championship after Day 1, with prodigies such as Ediz Gurel and Faustino Oro scoring big wins!

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IM Alice Lee, the youngest and lowest-rated player in the #CairnsCup 2025, won again in round two and leads with a perfect score! www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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In a moment few had expected, Chess.com earned an unforgettable shoutout on one of the world’s biggest tech stages, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). www.chess.com/news/view/6-...

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Check out our By the Numbers summary of #NorwayChess 2025!

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Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen for winning the late #TitledTuesday! This after finishing second in the early tournament.

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All five games were decisive in round one of the #CairnsCup 2025! "I think it just shows that everybody here is playing fighting chess," said Alice Lee. www.chess.com/news/view/ca...

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Hans Niemann won the early #TitledTuesday!

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Fifteen-year-old GM Andy Woodward won the 2025 Under 16 ChessKid Youth Championship after beating 14-year-old GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus in the Final! www.chess.com/news/view/20...

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A last look back at Gukesh-Carlsen and all the Norway Chess 2025 drama!

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While Gukesh and Arjun were busy in Norway, 25-year-old 🇮🇳 Aravindh entered the World Top 10 for the 1st time after edging out Praggnanandhaa to win the Stepan Avagyan Memorial in Armenia!

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Magnus Carlsen and Anna Muzychuk clinched the Norway Chess titles after an incredibly dramatic final day!

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👏 Congratulations to Anna Muzychuk, WINNER of #NorwayChess Women's! She earns 700,000 NOK ($61,617)!

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Carlsen & Gukesh are separated by only half a point going into today's final round of Norway Chess after both won in Round 9!

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We've updated the process for assigning Chess960 ratings to new players and adjusted the ratings of current titled players who have already played at least one Chess960 game.

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Caruana and Carlsen lost, but they're still in first and second place in #NorwayChess! Nakamura beat Gukesh to jump into shared third. Koneru Humpy regained the lead and there are two rounds to go! www.chess.com/news/view/20...

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With wins in their round seven classical games of #NorwayChess 2025, Fabiano Caruana has taken pole position while World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju follows a point behind! www.chess.com/news/view/20...

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