Nathaniel Green is a staff writer for Chess.com who writes articles, player biographies, Titled Tuesday reports, video scripts, and more. He has been playing chess for about 30 years and resides near Washington, DC, USA.
When we last left the 1972 World Chess Championship, GM Bobby Fischer had just won game six in brilliant fashion to take the match lead. By game 11, the situation was only deteriorating further for defending champion GM Boris Spassky, and his back...
In honor of the 44th Chess Olympiad, we at Chess.com asked the question: If you could put every country's best five players ever on the same team, how good would those teams be? Now there are many arguments, and not just in chess, about how good...
If there's one thing The Queen's Gambit proved, it's that chess can be dramatic. Just ask those who have played or observed the Candidates Tournament, where one game can be the difference between playing for the world championship or becoming...
No other tournament in chess combines the tradition and importance of the Candidates Tournament, which determines who plays the reigning champion in a match for the title. Depending how you count, it has been around for at least 70 years and up ...
Chess, it may be hard to believe, is not the only game people play across the world. Basketball, poker, football... the alternatives are nearly endless. In fact, GM Magnus Carlsen has been spotted playing all three of those other games at one time...
The field of the 2022 Candidates Tournament is set, and every player is ranked at least 15th in the world: GM Ding Liren (2nd), GM Alireza Firouzja (3rd), GM Fabiano Caruana (4th), GM Richard Rapport (5th), GM Ian Nepomnia...
The 2022 Grand Chess Tour is an annually recurring series of over-the-board chess tournaments featuring some of the very best grandmasters in the world. This year features a prize fund of $1,400,000 with events held in Romania, Poland, Croati...
Morphy. Capablanca. Fischer. Most chess fans know these legendary names. Other young players, like GM Abhimanyu Mishra or ChessKid FM Tani Adewumi, are known to chess fans right now and we await to see just how good they will become. And...
We are pleased to recognize FM Amir Hadzovic as the Chess.com Coach of the Month for April 2022. Amir has won youth championships and defeated grandmasters, but it his excellent coaching that separates him from most chess masters. With m...
Two legs down, one to go in the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix, and the race for a spot in the Candidates Tournament this summer. It's been a great event so far, and the most dramatic part is coming up beginning March 22. Our goal here is to outline the mor...
Chess.com's February Coach of the Month is WIM Tijana Blagojevic! She is a top-10 female player in Serbia, a Chess.com Top Blogger, and an excellent coach! She was a bronze medalist at the World Under-18 and European Under-18 Championships in 20...
The inaugural 2022 Rapid Chess Championship presented by Coinbase is underway. Right here is where you can track the series' updated standings and leaderboard information. The top 12 finishers through August 14, as well as four invitees, will part...
It's that time of year again. While the purveyors of chocolates and flowers have sales goals to meet, the rest of us can just sit back and discuss the romantic couples of chess. What, that's not what Valentine's Day is about for you? Well, chess i...
The first Grand Prix was held in 1807, and it was a horserace. Literally. The first chess Grand Prix was not until two centuries later in 2008. The 2022 FIDE Grand Prix begins shortly and it will determine the last two players for June's Candidate...
As chess tournaments go, Tata Steel Chess has run pretty much forever—it has been held annually since 1938 with just one missed year. In that time, it became one of the strongest chess competitions in the world. How to watch the 2022 Tata ...
Here at Chess.com, we will have our own unique on-site live feeds from the tournament hall for the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Add in the internet's largest chess community and best commentators (in any language—English, Rus...
The 2021 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships will start on December 26. We covered the greatest rapid games ever several weeks ago. What about blitz? How to watch the 2021 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championship live You can watch...
Chess.com's December coach of the month is GM Swapnil Dhopade! He is the first grandmaster from the Indian region of Vidarbha in the state of Maharashtra. He has coached the Indian women's team at several events including the Women's World Team ...
Happy birthday to GM Hikaru Nakamura! The mega chess star has been entertaining fans online for two decades and counting and his bullet and blitz skills are legendary. He has set the world record for most bullet victories against unique playe...
When we were preparing for the 2018 FIDE World Championship, Chess.com compiled a list of the most exciting world championship matches ever. But what were the best ones? Now that the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship between GM Magnus Carl...
What is the best game of chess you've ever played? Do you remember where you were: Was it on Chess.com, or over the board? Was it a tournament game, or a more casual affair? Well, imagine playing a great game on the biggest stage, the FIDE World...
Enjoy your weekend and rest up, for next Monday it will once again be time for Chess.com's premier blitz event: the Main Event of the Speed Chess Championship presented by Coinbase. The tournament begins with the November 8 matchup between GMs Ani...
How will you react if GM Ian Nepomniachtchi defeats GM Magnus Carlsen and becomes the next world champion of chess? Will you have seen it coming, or would it be one of the biggest upsets in world chess championship history? How to watch the 2021...
Only 22 players in the history of chess have held the official title of world champion, 18 of which held the "classical" title. With rare exceptions, the classical champion has been decided in a match between the sitting champion and a challenger....
