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

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 ...

Magnus Carlsen tops a proposed new world chess ranking system combining classical, rapid and blitz formats, while reigning ...

The 2025 Grand Chess Tour is roaring to life across elite venues from Zagreb to São Paulo, an unmissable spectacle for chess fans. In particular, the current SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz leg in Zagreb ...

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: ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers. On Friday, Carlsen walked ...

Playing chess is no curveball to the Guardians—teammates regularly take each other on during their downtime and have even set up their own chess club which has recently taken on some tougher ...

“I asked him to play, and he did not even inform his coach,” said Dr Madhuri Sawai, recalling how her 15-year-old son, Vandan Alankar Sawai, almost casually entered an online blitz tournament and ...

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