How To Watch Caruana vs Hou Yifan Speed Chess Champs Today
The Chess.com Speed Chess Championship fields a highly anticipated battle today as the top-rated chess player in America, Fabiano Caruana, takes on the highest-rated woman in the world, Hou Yifan.
The match was easily the favorite Speed Chess Championship date for the month of August, as Chess.com fans are eager to see two of the biggest names in the game play each other.
Follow the action live at Chess.com/TV and Twitch.tv/chess today, Aug. 24, at 3 p.m Pacific time (6 p.m. EDT, 10 p.m. GMT, 11 p.m. BST, 6 a.m. Aug. 25 Beijing)
The following viewing options will be available:
- Twitch.tv/chess: the official broadcast with IM Daniel Rensch and WGMJennifer Shahade (English) -- watch here to see the Twitch chat.
- Chess.com/TV: watch here to see the Chess.com chat.
More Speed Chess Championship:
- Look over the 2017 Speed Chess Championship bracket again.
- Read about the rules, match-ups, and prizes for the event at the official Speed Chess Championship page.
- Get hyped for the event by watching our promo video.
After today, the Speed Chess Championship resumes Aug. 30 with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Jeffery Xiong at 9 a.m. Pacific, 12 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Central Europe.
Plan ahead with the full Speed Chess schedule here.
