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"I'm good with the mouse and I play blitz and bullet all the time," said Pranesh M, who qualified along with Yu Yangyi to the Chess.com Open Playoffs! chess.com/news/view/pran…

Like many top chess grandmasters, he likes to meditate before the game...

In a surprise move, Global soccer superstar @ErlingHaaland has entered the chess world as an investor in #NorwayChess, backing the launch of the new @TotalChess World Championship Tour! chess.com/news/view/erli…

Sixteen-year-old IM Alice Lee is the first woman player to cross the 3000 rating mark on Chess.com in any time time control! chess.com/news/view/alic…

Pranesh M and Yu Yangyi have joined the ranks of elite GMs in the Chess.com Open!

Yu Yangyi wins the armageddon with White and qualifies over Wesley So for the Chess.com Open! chess.com/events/2026-ch…

Wesley accurately calculates the pawn race to save a second game down a pawn, and we're off to armageddon tiebreaks! chess.com/events/2026-ch…

Pranesh has chosen Vincent Keymer as his first opponent in the knockout event! If he wins that match, Magnus Carlsen is next!

Pranesh qualifies directly for the Chess.com Open, while Wesley So and Yu Yangyi will play a match for the second spot!

Pranesh and Wesley lead the tournament going into the final round! First place will qualify directly, while second and third will play a match for the second spot.

As Parham Maghsoodloo sinks to two losses, Wesley So, Pranesh M, and Yu Yangyi take the lead!

Daneshvar, who started off with about 35 seconds less than Aronian, ends up winning the crazy time scramble! chess.com/events/2026-ch…

Parham Maghsoodloo finds a brilliant tactic to take down Levon Aronian and move on to 5/5! If the rook is captured, the queen comes in with checkmate. chess.com/events/2026-ch…

Parham Maghsoodloo takes the sole lead on 4/4 after a win against Nihal Sarin!

"You can just feel that's not where he wanted to be to start things off," says Aman Hambleton after Fabiano Caruana sinks to a second loss against Grigoriy Oparin, his second, in round four! chess.com/events/2026-ch…

There are just five players left on a perfect 3/3 score!

Levon Aronian squeezes out a win against Candidate Matthias Bluebaum in round two! chess.com/events/2026-ch…

Round one of the Chess.com Open Play-in 2 is underway! chess.com/events/2026-ch…

The Chess.com Open Play-in 2 starts in just under an hour, and it will decide two more players who will join the 16-player Knockout! chess.com/events/info/20…

GM @NihalSarin was just too fast for his rivals in this week's #TitledTuesday! chess.com/news/view/niha…