Velammal MHS School, from India, won the FIDE World Schools Team Championship 2025 with a perfect 8/8 score. The National School of Physics and Mathematics from Kazakhstan took silver with 6/8, while the Harker School from the U.S. took bronze wit...
GM Hikaru Nakamura won his sixth Freestyle Friday on August 8, now three more than anyone else after 29 editions of the event. This day's top three places were all awarded outright, Nakamura on 10 points, GM Magnus Carlsen on 9.5 points, and GM Ol...
A former chess prodigy from China has been banned for six months after losing 13 consecutive games over two tournaments and dropping 400 Elo points in a year.
FIDE has frequently investigated cases of suspected use of computer assistance, ...
GMs Levon Aronian (Group A), Arjun Erigaisi (Group B), Alireza Firouzja (Group C), and Magnus Carlsen (Group D) all won two matches to reach the Quarterfinals of the 2025 Esports World Cup.
On their last lives in the Losers Brack...
Two former WSCC champions advanced comfortably into the Quarterfinals of the 2025 Women's Speed Chess Championship. Women's World Champion (and reigning WSCC Champion) GM Ju Wenjun beat FM Anastasia Avramidou 9.5-4.5, while GM Kateryna Lagno elimi...
OpenAI's o3 took the crown after steamrolling over Grok 4 in the final day of the AI chess exhibition match in Google's Kaggle Game Arena. In the third-place match, Gemini 2.5 Pro defeated o4-mini 3.5-0.5 for the bronze medal.
Kaggle Arena Chess...
GM Arjun Erigaisi is Indian number-one and world number-four again after beating GM Awonder Liang in round one of the Masters section of the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025. Arjun is joined in the lead by GM Vincent Keymer, who won a time-trou...
Grok 4 and o3 won their semifinal matches against Gemini 2.5 Pro and o4-mini in the AI chess exhibition match in Google's Kaggle Game Arena. While o3's victory was expected, no one could predict the tough battle between Grok and Gemini, which had ...
GM Christopher Yoo has been handed an 18-month suspension from FIDE-rated events after the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission (EDC) found him guilty of multiple violations, including harassment, psychological abuse, and inappropriate conduct ...
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