FIDE Sends RSVP As New Magnus-friendly Total World Championship Takes ShapeA stellar list of 16 invitees, including GMs Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, are being asked to take part. Let's hope they all accept.January 6, 2026·5 min read
Where Is Ding Liren? Ex-Champ Has Played So Few Classical Games He's Now Officially InactiveThe symbolism is huge: a World Champion fading from the rankings without ever saying goodbye.January 5, 2026·4 min read
Who Are Your 2026 National Chess Champs? Kings and Queens You Didn’t See ComingThe final month of 2025 saw a flurry of national champions being crowned. But they're not always the country's top player. Here we round up who is holding those titles.January 4, 2026·6 min read
Is Chess a Workout for Your Brain?The brain-training industry collapsed under its own hype. Chess might actually hold up.January 4, 2026·5 min read
What's the Best Age to Start Learning Chess?The prodigy industrial complex has an answer. The research says something else entirely.January 4, 2026·10 min read
World Chess Weekly: Is Magnus Carlsen Now The Most Dominant Figure in Sport?The highs and lows of chess were laid bare this week as the World Rapid & Blitz ended in Doha, while troubles off the board continue.January 2, 2026·5 min read
World Chess Launches Analytics: Your Personal Chess Performance DashboardPro subscribers gain access to comprehensive game insights rivaling elite coaching toolsDecember 30, 2025·5 min read
Kramnik Takes FIDE to Swiss Civil Court—Bypassing Sport's Usual Arbitration SystemIn a dramatic year-end move, former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik has launched formal legal proceedings against FIDE—not through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), where chess disputes typically land, but in the Swiss civil court system in Lausanne.December 30, 2025·5 min read
Russia Shut Out of Chess World Top 20 for First Time in FIDE HistoryGM Ian Nepomniachtchi is set to fall out of the top 20 in January's FIDE rating list. Has a chess superpower been sidelined at precisely at the moment FIDE's restrictions against it are lifted?December 30, 2025·4 min read
Carlsen Channels Rage To Recapture World Rapid Crown For Sixth TimeNorway's chess superstar is now targeting the Blitz crown to add to his collection.December 29, 2025·4 min read
FIDE Seeks Legal Opinion Over Russian Championships After Donetsk RowChess Politics·Oct 20·8 min read
Term of the dayChess ForkOne move, two threats: a fork attacks two pieces at once, and only one can be saved.
Game of the dayHow much chess do you actually know?Think you know chess? Eight questions, from easy to unfair. Your score becomes a rating, and we'll tell you how many people you're ahead of.
