Eight teams have qualified online for the final stage of the 2026 FIDE World University Team Championship, which will be held in Almaty from 4 to 9 August. They will be joined by eight wildcard entries in a 16-team over-the-board final. The event will feature a group stage followed by knockouts, with the winners earning […]
Elmira Mirzoeva (pictured left) of England tops the standings after four rounds of the 2026 European Women’s Championship in Batumi. She shares first place with 15-year-old Ukrainian Anastasia Hnatyshyn. Seeded 53rd and 76th respectively, the two surprise leaders are half a point ahead of the next four players. Another half point behind them is a […]
Magnus Carlsen scored his first classical win of this year’s Norway Chess in round four, beating world champion Gukesh Dommaraju with the black pieces. The remaining two games were decided in Armageddon, with Wesley So defeating tournament leader Alireza Firouzja and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu beating Vincent Keymer. Firouzja still leads by 2½ points going into the […]
The KCF Friendship Festival 2026 is already attracting worldwide attention, with players from more than 30 countries having registered a month before the first move is played. Organized by the Kasparov Chess Foundation and its partners, the festival will take place from June 25 to July 5, 2026, in the beautiful spa town of Radenci, […]
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu scored the only classical win of round three at Norway Chess, beating Magnus Carlsen in a rollercoaster game. Alireza Firouzja kept the sole lead by defeating Gukesh Dommaraju in Armageddon, while Wesley So beat Vincent Keymer in the other tiebreaker. Carlsen is now last after two classical losses in three rounds. | Photo: […]
On Tuesday, 5 May 2026, on the sidelines of the Super Rapid and Blitz tournament in Warsaw, a very special event took place. The Polish Minister of Finance and Economy, Andrzej Domanski, met the legendary Judit Polgar. They discussed how chess can be made accessible to all. And following the discussion, they also played a […]
Bibisara Assaubayeva retained the lead at Norway Chess Women after surviving a difficult classical game and winning a chaotic Armageddon against Zhu Jiner. All three round-two matches were drawn in classical play, with Divya Deshmukh defeating Humpy Koneru in the tiebreak and Anna Muzychuk recovering from her opening loss by beating world champion Ju Wenjun. […]
Alireza Firouzja made it two classical wins in as many rounds at Norway Chess, beating Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu on Tuesday after defeating Magnus Carlsen on the opening day. Firouzja now leads with 6/6 points and is guaranteed to remain in sole first place after round three. Carlsen and Wesley So won the day’s Armageddon deciders, against […]
Christian Gloeckler’s tournament victory at the Limburg Open has taken him past the 2500 rating mark, confirming his status as one of the world’s best players in his age group. At the end of the tournament, eight players were tied on points at the top. The best tiebreak score gave Gloeckler overall victory. | Photos: […]
Alireza Firouzja opened Norway Chess in Oslo with his first-ever classical win over Magnus Carlsen, defeating the defending champion despite playing with an injured ankle. The remaining two matches went to Armageddon after draws i the classical games, with Gukesh Dommaraju beating Vincent Keymer following a 144-move struggle, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu defeating Wesley So to […]