A unique situation occurred for both Israeli teams, in the Open and Women’s sections, who were not in the playing hall when the round began. Due to the observance of Yom Kippur on September 20, the ...

In the Open section, China, the host nation Uzbekistan, Germany, Armenia, the USA, India, the Netherlands, and Hungary remain ...

Team Kazakhstan, seeded third, is also making its ambitions clear. A 3.5–0.5 victory over Slovenia is an impressive result, especially against a team capable of causing problems on every board. First ...

Grassroots charity Movement in Refuge (MiR) aims to extend the benefits of chess to thousands more refugee children in Cox’s ...

At the same time, unfortunately, a number of players and participants of the FIDE Congress have not yet received the ...

Seven days of competition, a record 41 teams and countless stories from across the chess world came to a close in Samarkand, as Poland claimed gold at the 3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with ...

The winners of the World Junior Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 and the top 10 players on the starting list (5 Rapid + 5 Blitz for the open section and 5 Rapid + 5 Blitz for the girls’ section) are ...

The leading teams field their strongest line-ups as Samarkand delivers another fascinating day of chess.

The fourth edition of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League that just finished in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru brought us ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: FRHC) announced today that Freedom has become the General Partner of the Salesforce FIDE World Championship Match 2026.

Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1953, Makropoulos established himself as a promising chess talent and competed in two World Junior Chess Championships (1969 and 1971). He emerged as one of the ...

Six rounds have now been completed, and the 3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities has reached its final turn. Poland enters the seventh and final round as the sole leader, following its ...