The Ukrainian Chess Federation has filed a last-minute complaint against the participation of "Team FIDE" in the FIDE Women's World Team Championship, which begins Tuesday in Linares, Spain. The tournament brings together 12 of the world's top w...
The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour will reach its conclusion in South Africa next month, and one key question is whether anyone can stop GM Magnus Carlsen from taking the title as the first-ever Freestyle Chess Champion. The fifth an...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) confirmed on Tuesday that they have formally filed a complaint against GM Vladimir Kramnik, the 14th world champion, referring him to the Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) for investigation into t...
GM Hikaru Nakamura has all but secured his place in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, after winning the 1st Annual Washington Dulles Open over the weekend—a five-round Swiss event that provided the final classical games he needed to meet ...
PogChamps Champion Eberechi Eze's skills on the soccer pitch have made him a star for English Premier League side Arsenal, but last month the England international returned to his former school in London to launch a new chess initiative, in partne...
In a new study, researchers at Google DeepMind have created an AI system capable of generating creative chess puzzles, some of which impressed experts in chess compositions. The 75-page study titled "Generative Chess Puzzles," was led by Google'...
The field for the legendary 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters was unveiled today, featuring an exciting young line-up headlined by the reigning World Champion, 19-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju. At the other end of the spectrum is 31-year-old GM Anish Giri...
The chess world is mourning after the heartbreaking death of GM Daniel Naroditsky, a loss that has sparked an unprecedented wave of tributes from fans and top players such as GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, and Levon Aro...
GM Daniel Naroditsky, the popular U.S. grandmaster, commentator, creator, educator, and author, unexpectedly passed away on Sunday at the age of only 29. The news has sent shockwaves around the chess community, which is grieving the loss of one of...
The organizers behind Norway Chess have announced an ambitious new competition officially endorsed by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). The Total Chess World Championship Tour will crown an entirely new FIDE World Combined Champion across...
A Dutch teenager has been given a three-year ban, with one year suspended, by the FIDE Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) after he was caught with a mobile phone hidden in his sock during a tournament in the Netherlands last year. The de...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) will discuss the possible reinstatement of Russian national teams at its General Assembly meeting in December, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has confirmed. A proposal will be on the agenda for the Gen...
The recent decision by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to change the long-debated 400-point rule for top grandmasters has sparked an outcry, with accusations of "stealing" rating points and warnings that the system is losing credibi...
IM Levy Rozman, better known as GothamChess, has just made chess history. Two moves into the GothamChess vs. The World match on Chess.com, he has officially broken the world record for the largest online chess match, surpassing 144,000 participant...
GM Magnus Carlsen, perhaps the greatest player to ever play the game, has become a father for the first time. The five-time world champion and his wife Ella Victoria Carlsen have welcomed their first child on September 27. The joyful news was fi...
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced a change to its rating regulations that will already take effect on October 1, removing the so-called 400-point rule for players rated above 2650. The change was triggered by GM Hikaru Nakamu...
Argentinian chess prodigy IM Faustino Oro continues to rewrite the history books. The 11-year-old won the Legends & Prodigies 2025 tournament in Madrid on Thursday, clinching first place with a round to spare. Along the way, he secured his fir...
Chess will return as a stadium sport at the Checkmate: USA vs India match in Arlington, Texas, on October 4. The organizers said they hope to capture both die-hard chess fans and the broader chess audience with some fascinating new experiments. ...
Chess.com's Chief Chess Officer and co-founder, IM Danny Rensch, has released his first book, Dark Squares, a raw and deeply personal memoir about growing up in an abusive cult, how chess became his lifeline, and the journey that helped him build ...
Noland Arbaugh, the first person to receive Neuralink's brain-computer interface, appeared at Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2025 on Wednesday. After an on-stage conversation about his remarkable journey, Arbaugh capped the session by facing none other t...
One of the longest-running tournaments in Spain sparked reactions this week after organizers tried to ban Israeli players and prevent them from competing under their national flag. Following backlash from players, media, and warnings from FIDE, th...
GM Vadim Zvjaginsev is quietly building an impressive unbeaten streak. The 49-year-old grandmaster is up to 92 games without a single loss in classical chess, putting him in sight of the 100-game mark. Yet, instead of climbing on the rating list, ...
Twenty-two-year-old Kirill Shevchenko has become only the fourth player in chess history to be stripped of the GM title, after the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) rejected his appeal in one of the most high-profile over-the-board che...
World number-one GM Magnus Carlsen's career as a fashion model is not over. Now the 34-year-old has made a comeback with Dutch fashion brand G-Star for its Fall 2025 campaign, marking a continuation of a 15-year-long collaboration. G-Star releas...
WIM Yosha Iglesias had already made chess history by becoming the first transgender woman international master. Last weekend, the 37-year-old added another accomplishment by winning the French Women's Championship, as the second transgender woman ...
