The World Team Blitz Championship began in Hong Kong with 48 teams split into four pools, followed by the first knockout round on the same day. WR Chess, Endgame.AI, Hexamind and Mr Birdie and Friends both won their groups and reached the quarterfinals, while Dragon Chilling, Uzbekistan, Team MGD1 and Chessgurukul also made it to […]
Monthly Archives: June 2026
At the end of the 1980s, Soenke Maus, who was born on 11 June 1967 in Bad Schwartau and celebrated his 59th birthday last week, was regarded as one of Germany’s greatest talents. But in 1995 he ended his chess career and became a successful marine researcher in Norway. Maus played his most famous game […]
An extraordinary fusion of chess and high culture was offered by the event “Chess at the Opera” at the Vienna State Opera on 12 June. Germany’s superstar, GM Vincent Keymer, took on Austria’s super-talents IM Lukas Dotzer, FM Peter Balint, IM Laurenz Borrmann and FM Robert Ernst in a clock simultaneous display. | Photos: Andreas […]
Dragon Chilling won the 2026 World Rapid Team Championship in Hong Kong after a tense final day, taking gold on tiebreaks ahead of Team MGD1 and Hexamind Chess Team. Ding Liren scored in the last round as the Chinese squad recovered from two consecutive match defeats. Mr Birdie and Friends narrowly missed the podium, while […]
Gukesh Dommaraju’s recent results have brought a different kind of scrutiny to his reign as world champion. After a difficult Norway Chess campaign, the Indian grandmaster spoke candidly to Hindustan Times about expectations, ambition and the challenge of enjoying chess under pressure. His reflections offer a measured look at the psychological demands facing a young […]
A true Hamburg tradition: since 1958, Hamburg’s Right Alster Bank has played against the Left Alster Bank! Yesterday, 3,744 pupils gathered on Hamburg’s Rathausmarkt to take part in the world’s largest school chess competition. This year, the opening move was made by Schools Senator Ksenija Bekeris together with Francesca, 10, and Thore, 10, from the […]
Dragon Chilling emerged as the sole leaders after day two of the World Team Rapid Championship in Hong Kong, reaching 14/16 match points after eight rounds. The all-Chinese team remain unbeaten, while Team MGD1 climbed to second place with a strong run that included a win over WR Chess. Barys also deafened WR Chess and […]
Imagine a passion that stays with you through every chapter of life. A passion that is there when you are a child discovering the world, when you are searching for direction, when life suddenly becomes uncertain and when you are trying to find your way back again. For Bhavesh Vyas, that passion is chess. It […]
Kazchess, led by Richard Rapport and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (pictured), and Dragon Chilling, with Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun in the lineup, were the only teams to finish the opening day of the World Rapid Team Championship on a perfect score, collecting four wins from four matches in Hong Kong. Several of the leading contenders dropped […]
Following a complaint by the Ukrainian Chess Federation, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ordered FIDE to suspend the Chess Federation of Russia over the staging of tournaments in occupied territories. The FIDE Council complied with the ruling – but only in part. Several federations have already protested.