GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Pranav Venkatesh, Grigoriy Oparin, and Amin Tabatabaei all finished with 7/9 to place in the top-four of the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship Play-in Swiss, and they advance to the Knockout. Only one of the f...
The FIDE Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) has fined the Iranian Chess Federation €25,000 for a deliberate boycott of the Israeli women's national team during the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary.
The EDC decision is ...
GM Javokhir Sindarov took home Titled Tuesday honors on January 13 after holding a draw against countryman GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the final round. The result gave Sindarov outright first place with 9.5 points after GM Alexey Sarana went ...
GM Maurice Ashley, the first Black grandmaster in history, said he fulfilled a lifelong dream when he appeared on The Oprah Podcast, sitting down virtually with Oprah Winfrey for a conversation about chess, impact, and hidden potential.
Few gran...
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the 2025 FIDE Circuit and joined 2024 winner GM Fabiano Caruana in qualifying for the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has now announced that for 2026-7 two years will be c...
Both day-one leaders built on their momentum to earn maiden titles on day two. GM Wesley So won 2026 Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz, his first time winning the title after six attempts. He finished in sole first with 12/18, while GMs Nihal Sari...
GM Hikaru Nakamura kept the Bullet Brawl ball rolling with his second straight win of 2026 after snatching the $400 first prize from GM Andrew Tang's grasp in the final moments of Saturday's event. Tang dominated in the first half but slumped in t...
GM Wesley So leads at the halfway point of 2026 Tata Steel Chess India Open Blitz with seven points out of nine games. After blundering into a mate-in-one the first game, So stormed back to snatch the lead from GM Arjun Erigaisi, who started with…
GMs Denis Lazavik, Alexey Sarana, and Oleksandr Bortnyk won the three 3 0 Thursday tournaments on January 8. It was Bortnyk's first victory in the event, while the other GMs took their second title. IM Anna Sargsyan won the women's prizes in the f...
GM Oleksandr Bortnyk is your Freestyle Friday winner on January 9, after he recovered from a loss in round three by never losing again. It was Bortnyk's sixth win of the tournament, more than anyone besides GM Hikaru Nakamura. Bortnyk still needed...