May 8, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The world No 1 lost to Jorden van Foreest, but squeezed into a tie for first and won the blitz playoff The world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, making a rare return to classical chess this week at the annual TePe Sigeman tournament in Malmö,...May 1, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
USA retain the world 50+ title, while Germany-Lasker SGK win the 65+ equivalent, with England fourth in both events England finished out of the medals for the first time in five years in this week’s world senior team championships for...April 24, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The teenager crushed Veselin Topalov 5-1 to become the youngest ever 2700-rated grandmaster, after which his coach said his future target was 2900 Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, 14, has become chess’s youngest ever 2700-rated grandmaster, breaking...April 21, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The journey from the Von Neumann to the Niemann affair has much to teach us about the changed landscape of the sport There really is, it turns out, a true story involving cheating in chess and a vibrating crotch. Only this one is a...April 17, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The Uzbek 20-year-old won first prize unbeaten but his girlfriend, Bibisara Assaubayeva, finished second to the lowest seed in the Women’s Candidates Javokhir Sindarov finished with a record total in the world championship Candidates in...April 14, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
Uzbek grandmaster wins Candidates with round to spare Sindarov, 20, to face India’s Gukesh for world title in fall Javokhir Sindarov will challenge for Gukesh Dommaraju’s world chess championship this fall after clinching the Candidates...April 10, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
Anish Giri won two games in a row to advance into second place, but has little chance of overhauling the leader Javokhir Sindarov extended his lead at the world championship Candidates in Cyprus on Thursday when the 20-year-old Uzbek...April 7, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The ugly side of chess is pored over in this Netflix documentary, looking at how lurid online gossip led to a lawsuit, conspiracy theories and a bitter rivalry. Sadly, there’s little new here ‘Every conversation I have about chess”, says...April 4, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
It was the anal bead theory that caused a global sensation. Now, a new Netflix film tells the tale of two grandmasters, one scandal – and a whole lot of bad blood Chess Mates (Netflix, Tuesday) has an unsettling early gambit: the face of...April 3, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
Have you been following the big stories in football, cricket, rugby league, boxing, golf, F1, athletics, rowing and chess? Continue reading...April 3, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The Uzbek grandmaster has scored 3.5/4, including an impressive victory against the world No 3 and Candidates favourite, Fabiano Caruana Javokhir Sindarov is already the clear favourite to win the 2026 Candidates in Cyprus and to...March 27, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The US legend declined a $25,000 offer from shoe firm Clarks to meet the cream of England’s juniors The nine-round Reykjavik Open, which began on Wednesday afternoon at the Harpa Conference Centre, is an iconic event. It was first played...March 20, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The teenager defeated the tournament favourite, Gawain Maroroa Jones, in the final round to secure victory by half a point Freddy Waldhausen Gordon, a 15-year-old from George Heriot’s school, Edinburgh, came through with a stunning burst...March 19, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
‘There are clear similarities to football,’ says Norwegian Compatriot Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, likely to play Erling Haaland has become a significant investor in a new world chess championship tour that is expected to star his...March 17, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
Eyewitness photo | A forpit of potatoes | Milli-Helens | UK nuclear weapons | Say it’s not Serco Flicking through the paper, I remarked that it was all bad news and upsetting items. Then I came across the centrefold photograph taken...March 13, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The world No 3 is backed to become the challenger but lost twice this week, to Wesley So and Levon Aronian Fabiano Caruana, the world No 3, reigning US champion and 5-2 favourite to win the world title Candidates at the Cap St Georges...March 8, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
Artefacts include souvenirs from 1972 ‘Match of the Century’ between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer A vast collection of chess memorabilia, including souvenirs from the 1972 “Match of the Century” and considered to be the largest and...March 6, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The youngest ever global title holder has had a hard time this year, but hopes for better in May, when he meets Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess at Oslo, and in the autumn, when he defends his crown India’s Gukesh Dommaraju, at 19 the...March 5, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
The former US women’s champion changed her life and her sport when she made allegations against a grandmaster. Now she’s turned her hand to writing and poker On 15 February 2023, Jennifer Shahade took a deep breath and wrote “Time’s up”...February 27, 2026 from Chess | The Guardian
GM Matthew Wadsworth won in Ryde on tiebreak, Scottish GM Matthew Turner also shared first, while in Graz Scotland’s Freddy Waldhausen Gordon, 15, qualified for the IM title In just two years, the Isle of Wight Masters at Ryde school has...September 4, 2023 from Chessdom
The league stage of the Top Chess Engine Championship (Season 25) reaches the pinnacle of the event – the Premier Division. The defending champion Stockfish will meet its main competitor Leela Chess Zero, as well as six more of the...September 3, 2023 from Chessdom
FIFA World Cup 2022 is about to start in Qatar and Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi chose to prepare for the event by playing a chess game. “Victory is a State of Mind“, wrote Ronaldo on his twitter account and shared the...September 3, 2023 from Chessdom
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, aka Nepo – Ding is the final of the World Chess Championship 2023. The Nepo – Ding match will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan, from April 7 to May 1, at the elegant St. Regis Astana hotel....August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
Wesley So – Alireza Firouzja is a semifinal game from Julius Baer Generation Cup Div 1 WinnersThe Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
Fabiano Caruana – Magnus Carlsen is a semifinal game from Julius Baer Generation Cup Div 1 WinnersThe Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
Pavel Eljanov – Nodirbek Abdusattorov is a Round 1 game from Julius Baer Generation Cup Div 1 Losers.The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
M. Amin Tabatabaei – Denis Lazavik is a Round 1 game from Julius Baer Generation Cup Div 1 Losers. The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a...August 31, 2023 from Chessdom
The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a...August 30, 2023 from Chessdom
The Julius Baer Generation Cup, the 5th event on the $2 million 2023 Champions Chess Tour, features three Divisions of 8, 16 and 32 players. Each division is a double-elimination knockout where if you lose one match you drop down to a...September 18, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The Round 3 tiebreaks were played on September 18. Three matches were decided in rapid games. Peter Svidler (Russia) proved his strength by stopping Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Germany). In the first game, the Russian GM had no particular...September 17, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The return games of round 3 of the FIDE World Cup were played on September 17. None of the players who had lost in the first game managed to level the score today. The tournament’s sensation Kirill Alekseenko (Russia) defeated the...September 16, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The game between Ju Wenjun (2576) Alina Kashlinskaya (2487) was a French Winawer with 7. Qg4 Kf8. The World Champion wasted no time on launching the attack on the kingside, as it is the standard plan in this variation. Alina looked for...September 16, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The starting games of the Round 3 of FIDE World Cup were played in the Ugra Chess Academy on September 16. Seven encounters resulted in victories. The biggest upset of the day was Kirill Alekseenko's (Russia) beating the higher-rated...September 16, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
FIDE World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships (under 14, 16 and 18 years old categories) finished in Salobrena, Spain. 178 players from 22 countries, including 1 GM, 5 IMs, 12 FMs, 1 WIM, 12 WFMs participated in the chess forum in...September 15, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The first game to come to an end was the clash between Elisabeth Paethz (2479) and the tournament co-leader Ju Wenjun (2576). The World Champion went for a Petrov defence, and some early exchanges quickly lead to a dull position, in...September 15, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
Tie-breaks of the Second Round of the FIDE World Cup were played on September 15 in Khanty-Mansiysk. An overwhelming majority of matches ended after rapid chess games. Eltaj Safarli (Azerbaijan) defeated Nihal Sarin (India), Lenier...September 14, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
The tournament leader Valentina Gunina (2502) was very close to biting the dust in her game against the veteran Pia Cramling (2487). Loyal to her style, the Russian jumped into some sharp tactical skirmishes as soon as she had the...September 14, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
Second games of the Second Round of the World Cup were played on September 14 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Three players won their matches with two wins: Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland), and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)....March 8, 2019 from World Chess Federation - FIDE
World Team Chess Championships 2019, held from March, 4 - 15 2019 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Open section and Women section board results. Round 5 starts March, 9 2019 at 3 PM local time. Please visit the official website ...