Indian chess reached a milestone on Sunday as IM Anuj Shrivatri became the country's 100th grandmaster by winning the 7th ASEAN+ Open Chess Championship in the Philippines. The 22-year-old recovered from an opening-round defeat to finish alone in ...
In a new FIDE survey, three in four women and girls who responded had experienced discrimination or harassment in chess settings, while 44% said they had considered leaving the game.
Women and girls account for roughly one in six active FID...
GM Hikaru Nakamura wasted little time reclaiming his place at the top of the Bullet Brawl standings, capturing his 73rd title after finishing ahead of GM Ediz Gurel and GM Parham Maghsoodloo in Saturday's 225-player arena.
Nakamura scored 1...
IM Levy Rozman, better known as GothamChess, had a memorable visit to Bayern Munich to play chess with soccer stars Harry Kane and Michael Olise. The meeting came just two days after Kane won the prestigious Ballon d’Or in London.
On Thursd...
Arizona businessman and amateur chess player Josh Smith (@BulletGrandpa) won a single game against super-GM Daniil Dubov in the final match of the 100-0 Project Season 1 to prevent a super-adoption. The question was whether a super-grandmaster can...
NM Janak Awatramani beat GM Guillermo Vazquez 3-0 in the Grand Final to win the 2026 Crazyhouse Championship, following up on his victory in 2024. Crazyhouse, as commentator GM Yasser Seirawan mentioned, is often called "Bughouse for one pla...
GM Nodirbek Yakubboev won in a tense final round of Freestyle Friday on November 6 to lock up victory ahead of second-place GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. Both players improved their position in the standings for the Freestyle Friday Championship (FFC), Y...
GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Parham Maghsoodloo both continued their recent 3 0 Thursday successes on November 5, winning the first two tournaments. GM Sina Movahed joined them by winning the third tournament, his first victory since March 19. Meanwhil...
GM Magnus Carlsen will have the chance to make it three titles in three appearances as chess was confirmed for the 2027 Esports World Cup (EWC) today. The event returns to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, next summer, with qualification already underway thro...
Saint Louis University (SLU) and the University of Texas, Dallas (UTD) are locked in a tight race for first place in the Collegiate Chess League as teams approach the end of the regular season and push for playoff seeding. With most teams having j...