Hello Featured TournamentsFeatured Tournaments: Dive straight into the action with our new Featured Tournaments section! It’s your go-to spot to discover top-tier events, handpicked for their excitement and popularity.November 14, 2025·1 min read
World Chess App — iOS UpdateThe World Chess app just got a major upgrade. We rebuilt the interface natively for iOS, so everything now moves with that smooth feel you expect from a modern app.November 14, 2025·1 min read
Peter Leko's World Cup Fairytale Ends: Goodbye To One Of The Game's Great AmbassadorsIt's been amazing to see the former world title challenger roll back the years like he has in Goa. But now it's over. At least he was immediately back in the commentary booth.November 13, 2025·4 min read
Have You SEEN How Well Jospem Is Doing At The World Cup? Jose Martinez, We Salute You!As chaos reigns at the FIDE World Cup in Goa, the Clash of Blames star is playing brilliantly. Check out his piece sac against Sarana.November 12, 2025·3 min read
While The World Watches Goa, An Indian Takes Centre Stage At The President's Cup In TajikistanYes, we know the World Cup is wild and exciting. But on its rest day we just want to draw your attention to another international tournament World Chess has helped boost.November 10, 2025·3 min read
World Chess Weekly: World Cup Shows Off Game In All Its GloryGoa's World Cup is giving chess fans the warm feeling they need after recent tough times. It's great getting back down to business.November 7, 2025·5 min read
Nepomniachtchi Crashes Out Of World Cup In Latest Sign Russian Chess Is In The DoldrumsThe elimination of GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, Russia's number-one, in Round 2 typifies the state of Russian chess. He went out with a whimper.November 5, 2025·6 min read
Does Genius Have A Market Price? New Episode Of The World Chess Show DropsChess has changed beyond all recognition over the last few years. As usual, it's all about the $$$.November 4, 2025·3 min read
Race For The Candidates: London Chess Classic Just Got Super-ChargedSuper GMs Alireza Firouzja and Nodirbek Abdusattorov need points—desperately. Time is running out to get to the Candidates.November 3, 2025·4 min read
Farewell, Divya! Only Woman Competing At Chess World Cup Is Knocked OutIndia's 19-year-old star-in-the-making GM Divya Deshmukh, the FIDE Women's World Cup winner, was in a field with 205 men. We really hoped she would make her mark.November 3, 2025·3 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.
