Looking for an interesting over-the-board chess tournament to play, attend, or simply watch? There are plenty being staged all over the world, and we will bring you regular overviews of the most interesting of them. We do this in cooperation with MyChess.events, a global platform that helps players discover upcoming events, check dates, venues, formats, […]
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Alireza Firouzja narrowed the gap to Wesley So with classical wins in round eight of Norway Chess. Pragg defeated Magnus Carlsen for a second time in the event, while Firouzja beat world champion Gukesh Dommaraju to move within 1 point of the leader. So stayed in first place by drawing Vincent Keymer […]
A match between Hans Niemann and Ian Nepomniachtchi was held in Belgrade from 29 May to 1 June. The confrontation ended in a 4–4 draw. The Russian GM took the lead in the first encounter, and after six drawn games, Niemann levelled the score in the final contest. | Photo: Ljubomir Ljubojevic playing the honorary […]
On the top board in round seven of the 2026 European Women’s Championship in Batumi, 2023 European Champion Meri Arabidze (pictured left) defeated 15-year-old Anastasiia Hnatyshyn, bringing the Ukrainian youngster’s winning streak to an end. With the victory, Arabidze caught up with Hnatyshyn in the standings. The third co-leader is Sabrina Vega Gutierrez, who defeated […]
There has been some movement at the top of the world rankings. Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana both lost rating points at the Candidates Tournament. As Nakamura’s losses were more significant, both players dropped below the 2800 mark. In May, however, Caruana gained four rating points and caught up with Nakamura. As a result, Caruana […]
Wesley So is still the sole leader at Norway Chess, despite losing the Armageddon decider to Gukesh Dommaraju after saving a draw in the classical game. He now leads by 2½ points, as Alireza Firouzja, his closest pursuer, suffered a second consecutive classical loss, this time against Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. Magnus Carlsen, meanwhile, gained ground by […]
Grandmaster Amin Bassem takes on the Swindler on GM level and quickly guides the game into a strategically rich King’s Indian structure. Throughout the game, Amin demonstrates deep positional understanding, carefully evaluating dynamic imbalances and resisting tempting material gains when they would strengthen Fritz’s active pieces. After a tense middlegame battle full of subtle decisions, […]
Wesley So took the lead at Norway Chess after beating Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in round six, while Alireza Firouzja lost his long-held first place following a defeat against Magnus Carlsen. Vincent Keymer scored his first win of the event by defeating world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. All three classical games were won by the player with the […]
Chess can be read alongside Egyptian ideas of order, judgement and self-discipline. Beginning with senet and its symbolic links to the afterlife, the text follows the later arrival of shatranj in Islamic Egypt and considers how the chessboard became a useful metaphor for ethics, strategy and human limits. These connections are treated cautiously, avoiding claims […]
Divya Deshmukh scored a win with black in her classical game against Zhu Jiner in round five of the Norway Chess Women tournament. Deshmukh overtook former sole leader Bibisara Assaubayeva in the standings. Assaubayeva herself drew against Anna Muzychuk and lost in Armageddon. Deshmukh leads the field with 8½ points, followed by Assaubayeva on 8 […]