Chess World Left In Limbo As FIDE's Russia Vote Ends In Chaos And ConfusionWe knew there'd be a bunfight—there always is. But we didn't expect it to end like this.December 14, 2025·9 min read
World Chess Weekly: An Outbreak Of Seasonal Goodwill Between FIDE And Freestyle?The relationship between FIDE and Freestyle Chess appears to be thawing. Meanwhile, FIDE's next big row is just around the corner.December 12, 2025·6 min read
There's One Big Thing On The Agenda At FIDE's General Assembly That Could Spark A Crisis In ChessThe chess world could see a momentous change this weekend as Russia pushes again to be readmitted to team sport next year. How strong is the opposition?December 10, 2025·7 min read
Behind All The Glitz And Glamour, There's A Tug-Of-War Going On For The Biggest Star In ChessFIDE and Freestyle Chess both want him in their events. Meanwhile, the GOAT keeps on GOATing.December 10, 2025·5 min read
New Episode Of The World Chess Show Airs Examining The World Cup And All Its DramaFIDE 2025 World Cup in Goa threw up some big questions—The World Chess Show team investigate.December 9, 2025·2 min read
Carlsen and FIDE Are At Each Others' Throats Again—And Now Nakamura's Piling InCan't we all just get along? Gens una sumus, and all that.December 8, 2025·6 min read
World Chess Weekly: Top Tournaments Finish Around The GlobeIt's been a week of top tournament results as London and Jerusalem came to an end. The elite will gather again for the World Rapid and Blitz later this month.December 4, 2025·5 min read
Uzbekistan's Chess Players Blaze A Trail As Nordibek Is On Brink Of Winning LondonBuoyed by his countryman's success at the FIDE World Cup, GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov is on the brink of winning the London Chess Classic. What a week it's been for Uzbek chess.December 4, 2025·4 min read
What’s New on Arena: Your New Player ProfileWe’ve just introduced one of the biggest quality-of-life improvements on World Chess: a completely redesigned player profile.December 2, 2025·2 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.
