Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Eyes Third IM Norm After Holding GrandmasterEngland's youngest Woman Grandmaster has bounced back from an opening-round defeat to score 2.5 points from her next three games at the European Club Cup in Montenegro.October 20, 2026·4 min read
Think Magnus Carlsen Is Losing Interest In Chess? Think AgainThe world number-one has signed up for yet another new tournament, this time in Barcelona, as the MOVE Cup launches with a €300,000 prize fund and an equal amount pledged to charity.October 20, 2026·5 min read
FIDE Seeks Legal Opinion Over Russian Championships After Donetsk RowChess's world governing body has told World Chess it has yet to decide whether to recognise the results of controversial championships in Sochi, as it seeks guidance on the consequences of Russia's suspension.October 20, 2026·8 min read
FIDE Election 2026: Everything You Need To KnowTimur Turlov has won the 2026 FIDE presidential election, defeating Wadim Rosenstein 110-85. Full results, candidates and the story of the Samarkand vote.October 18, 2026·20 min read
Donetsk Team Competes In FIDE-Rated Russian Championship Despite Ukraine ProtestA little-noticed tournament in Sochi has become the latest flashpoint in the dispute over Russian chess in occupied Ukraine, raising uncomfortable questions for FIDE's new president, Timur Turlov.October 18, 2026·7 min read
Russia Drops Asset-Seizure Case Against FIDE President Timur TurlovRussian prosecutors have abruptly withdrawn a lawsuit targeting the new FIDE president and his business interests, less than two weeks after reports emerged that assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars were at stake.October 16, 2026·4 min read
Total Chess 2026: Everything You Need To KnowMagnus Carlsen will headline the first Total Chess World Championship Tour pilot in Budapest in November. Here is everything you need to know about the players, dates, schedule, format, prize money and FIDE's newest world championship.October 16, 2026·16 min read
One Chess Rating to Rule Them All—But Haven't We Been Here Before?Total Chess has unveiled a new universal rating system, with Magnus Carlsen at number-one. But nearly a decade after the Grand Chess Tour tried something remarkably similar, can this attempt succeed?October 16, 2026·5 min read
Abdusattorov To Spend Week Helping Sindarov Prepare For World ChampionshipFresh from winning a second Olympiad gold together, Uzbekistan's two biggest chess stars are joining forces again—with Nodirbek Abdusattorov set to spend a week helping his friend Javokhir Sindarov prepare for the biggest match of his life.October 13, 2026·4 min read
FIDE Backs Shorter Classical Chess Games—But Draws Line At Three Rounds A DayThe world governing body is preparing to relax classical chess time controls after a General Assembly vote, but disagreements remain over how far the changes should go.October 12, 2026·4 min read
London Chess Classic Reveals A Field That Reflects Chess's Changing OrderTournaments·Oct 10·6 min read
FIDE Faces Questions Over Israeli Players At World Championship In MalaysiaChess Politics·Oct 10·6 min read
Term of the dayFianchetto in ChessDeveloping a bishop to g2 or b2 behind its pawn, aiming down the long diagonal.
