GM Daniil Dubov and GM Vladimir Kramnik won Titled Tuesday on March 21. Kramnik, 47, was the world chess champion from 2000 to 2007. He retired from over-the-board tournament chess in 2019 but has been active in Chess.com rapid and blitz events in the last year or so. The late tournament on Tuesday was Kramnik’s …
Former World Champ Roars Back With Big Win In Tuesday Blitz Read More »
The Saint Louis Arch Bishops and team Blitz advance to the Playoffs after winning their matches in week five of the 2023 Pro Chess League. They eliminated the Croatia Bulldogs and Canada Chessbrahs, respectively. GM Fabiano Caruana was on fire in the first match as he racked up four points out of four games, perfection. …
Arch Bishops, Blitz Move To Playoffs; Alice Lee Upsets Super-GM, Caruana Goes 4/4 Read More »
Chess.com hosted the Women’s Month Celebration | Invitational Blitz Tournament on Wednesday. The event started with a Q&A with the strongest woman chess player in history, the legendary GM Judit Polgar. The interview was followed by a blitz tournament, in which the team White Rose finished first in a field of eight teams. See what …
The fourth week of the 2023 Pro Chess League started with victories by the Shanghai Tigers and Blitz over the Croatia Bulldogs and Brazil Capybaras, respectively. After losing badly in round one (0.5-3.5), the Tigers bared their fangs and dominated the rest of the match; Blitz, on the other hand, faced a much closer match …
Tigers Sweep Bulldogs 4-0, Advance To Playoffs; Blitz Wins Battle On Board 4 Read More »
In the match against the formidable Shanghai Tigers, the Gotham Knights showcased the most dominant victory so far in this season of the Pro Chess League. In the second match, the Croatia Bulldogs overcame the Blitz in a toe-to-toe tug-of-war struggle that was resolved only in the blitz tiebreaks. GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Vladimir Fedoseev …
Gotham Knights Advance To Playoffs, Croatia Bulldogs Best Blitz In Tiebreaks Read More »
Two teams, Blitz and the Gotham Knights, emerged triumphant on Thursday in the Pro Chess League after wins against Team MGD1 and the Berlin Bears, respectively. Both matches featured seismic comebacks for the favorites after tough starts. Despite having two former world blitz champions on boards one and two—GMs Alexander Grischuk and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave—Blitz was …
Blitz Flip Script In Tiebreaks, Gotham Knights Dominate After Shocking Upset Read More »
GM Arjun Erigaisi captured the 2022 Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz with a round to spare, while IM Vaishali Rameshbabu caught up with the overnight leader, GM Mariya Muzychuk, and outpaced her in the final rounds to win the 2022 Tata Steel Chess India Women’s Blitz. The battle for the title in the Open …
The Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Tata Steel Chess India Women’s Rapid were inaugurated at a short evening ceremony in Kolkata, India. At its fourth edition, the iconic event with separate rapid and blitz sections and a total prize fund of $41,500 has introduced a new tournament exclusively for women this year, with an …
Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz Inaugurated In Kolkata Read More »
The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships will be held December 26-30, 2022 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The International Chess Federation confirmed the dates and the host city today in a press release. Traditionally, two of the most exciting events on the chess calendar are held in the last week of the year, and this year …
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Chess.com is excited to announce that we will be hosting the 2022 U.S. Collegiate Rapid and Blitz Championships. The rapid championship will be held on November 13 and the blitz championship on November 20. Registration is underway and continues until 9 p.m. Pacific/12 a.m. Eastern the day before of each event. The games start at …
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