The lineup for Norway Chess 2026 has been finalized, setting the stage for another clash between world number-one Magnus Carlsen and reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju. The 14th edition of the prestigious tournament will take place p...
10-year-old WIM Bodhana Sivanandan scored an incredible 12/13 to reach the Final of the 2026 Under 13 ChessKid Youth Championship, but ultimately fell to her English rival FM Supratit Banerjee 3.5-1.5. Banerjee beat another 10-year-old, FM Ashwath...
GM Fabiano Caruana will have White against his U.S. rival GM Hikaru Nakamura when the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament begins in five weeks on March 29. The other first-round pairings are GMs Javokhir Sindarov vs. Andrey Esipenko, Matthias Bluebaum...
World number-one Magnus Carlsen has now won 21 official FIDE world championship titles after defeating GM Fabiano Caruana in the Final of the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship. We take a look back at the intense three-day event in Weiss...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov scored one of the best results of his career so far to win sole first place in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters, with second-placed GM Javokhir Sindarov completing the Uzbek domination. We look back at some conclusions fr...
GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus was recently described by GM Magnus Carlsen as the strongest 14-year-old in the history of the game. He's demonstrated his ability in recent months, and gained more points than anyone else among the world's top-100 players i...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov called it a "dream come true" as he defeated GM Arjun Erigaisi's Evans Gambit to win the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters with 9/13. GM Javokhir Sindarov gambled to keep playoff hopes alive and ultimately beat GM Thai Da...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov takes a half-point lead into the final round of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters after beating GM Matthias Bluebaum while GM Javokhir Sindarov made a quick draw against GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. Sindarov is the m...
GM Javokhir Sindarov has joined his compatriot GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters lead on 7/11 after winning a pawn and grinding out a win against GM Arjun Erigaisi. GM Hans Niemann joins a three-way tie half a point beh...
GM Matthias Bluebaum has crossed 2700 and moved to second place in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters after winning a wild 25-move game against GM Anish Giri. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov still leads by half a point going into the final weekend, while ...
Reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju and 2025 Tour winner GM Fabiano Caruana will be playing in the 2026 Grand Chess Tour. The list of full tour participants was announced on Tuesday for a tour with a $2 million prize fund that will take off i...
"I thought I'd never win a chess game again," said GM Matthias Bluebaum after beating World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju with Black in round nine of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters. GM Jorden van Foreest demolished GM Vincent Keymer in just 26 move...
The Prague International Chess Festival is an annual tournament which has been held in the Czech capital since 2019. This year's edition will take place in the Don Giovanni Hotel from February 25 to March 6, and the organizers recently announced a...
An incredible weekend for Dutch GM Anish Giri ended with him adding victory with Black over leader GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov to his win over World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju the day before. Abdusattorov still leads the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Mas...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov felt he played his best game yet as he defeated GM Vincent Keymer with Black to take a one-point lead as we cross the halfway mark of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters. World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju slumped to ...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov took advantage of a heartbreaking blunder in an equal position by World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju to take the sole lead in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters on 4.5/6. GM Javokhir Sindarov is now half a point behind in...
GM Javokhir Sindarov looked to have spoiled a win against 14-year-old GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus but went on to grind out a 74-move victory that saw him join GMs Hans Niemann and Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters lead. GM Vlad...
GM Hans Niemann scored a brilliant win over GM Aravindh Chithambaram to join GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the lead of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters on three points out of four. Abdusattorov was the first player to beat GM Thai Dai Van Nguy...
GM Magnus Carlsen needed a few rounds to get himself going in Titled Tuesday on January 20, but still ended up scoring 9.5/11 and winning the tournament outright. He has now won two of the three Titled Tuesdays of 2026 so far and his fourth of the...
It was the day of the underdog in Wijk aan Zee as Dutch number-two GM Jorden van Foreest beat Dutch number-one GM Anish Giri and German number-two Matthias Bluebaum did the same to German number-one GM Vincent Keymer. The winners caught GMs Nodirb...
GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov won a pawn and ground down GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in 60 moves to join GMs Hans Niemann and Arjun Erigaisi in the early 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters lead on 1.5/2. The day's only other winner was GM Vladimir Fedoseev...
World Cup winner GM Javokhir Sindarov pulled off a 78-move great escape against World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju to bring a dramatic first day of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Masters to a close. The first moves were delayed 1.5 hours by an environment...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the 2025 FIDE Circuit and joined 2024 winner GM Fabiano Caruana in qualifying for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has now announced that for 2026-7 two years will be c...
GM Hikaru Nakamura kept the Bullet Brawl ball rolling with his second straight win of 2026 after snatching the $400 first prize from GM Andrew Tang's grasp in the final moments of Saturday's event. Tang dominated in the first half but slumped in t...
