After a low-key 2025 with few high-ticket events, 2026 will kick off a storm into the next Olympic cycle, as India's best ...

The World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship Qatar 2025 officially opened today at Qatar University’s Sports and Events Complex, launching five days of world-class competition that will run until ...

Magnus Carlsen had declared in 2024 that he was “at full war with FIDE” after the chess governing body had denied permission ...

World chess champion D Gukesh will not be playing in the 2026 Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata. The organisers ...

Another world chess title will be up for grabs next month after the launch of the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World ...

Bibisara Assaubayeva, the three-time Women’s World Blitz Champion, is one of the most dominant speed chess players of this ...

Mumbai: India's Arjun Erigaisi and Koneru Humpy won the bronze medals in the men's and women's sections, respectively, as Magnus Carlsen and Alexandra Goryachkina won the titles in the 2025 ...

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Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, the world's No. 1 chess player, won the World Blitz Championship in Doha, days after victory in the slightly longer “rapid” format, to secure his 20th world title.

Bibisara Assaubayeva will debut at Norway Chess Women 2026 as the youngest-ever participant. The reigning Women's World Blitz ...

The global chess body fined Iran €25,000 after its women’s team skipped a match vs Israel in Budapest, and warned of a ...

As far as chess tournaments go, the Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open are not what you would describe as big-time events. The highest-ranked players from either event last year didn't even ...