IMs Renato Terry and Karina Ambartsumova extended their records for 3 0 Thursday tournament victories on Thursday, April 16. Terry won a record 11th victory in the third tournament of the day, advancing ahead of GM Jose Martinez for the most wins ...
The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, after its 10th round, continues to be the GM Javokhir Sindarov show as he leads by two points. The Uzbek star scored his record-breaking sixth win against GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and can now boast the most...
The 12-year-old IM Faustino Oro was victorious in Freestyle Friday on April 17, the only of the three co-leaders entering the final round to win his game. GM Pranav Venkatesh finished in second place after leapfrogging the other two, IM Sahib Sing...
Chess players now have a great reason to go to Atlanta. Another qualification path to the Esports World Cup (EWC) goes through the DreamHack chess event in Atlanta. The event takes place from May 15 to 17 and offers not only a $50,000 prize fund…
GM Javokhir Sindarov blew away the field in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Cyprus to win €170,000 (~$200k) and, much more importantly, earn a world championship match against GM Gukesh Dommaraju. The 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates ...
In Netflix’s Untold: Chess Mates, GM Hans Niemann reflects on how his life was changed by cheating allegations, while GM Magnus Carlsen offers fresh insight into what sparked one of the most controversial scandals in modern chess.
The 74-m...
Kazakh-based investment and technology company Freedom Holding has acquired ChessBase, perhaps the most influential company in chess software and professional training tools over the past three decades.
The deal was confirmed in a press release ...