The Big Question: Will A Woman Ever Become Absolute World Chess Champion?The new episode of The World Chess Show features interviews with the former top-10 player GM Judit Polgar, her sister Susan, the first female grandmaster, and the former Women’s World Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk.October 7, 2025·2 min read
What Just Happened? The Chess World Is Fighting—Please Stop!GM Hikaru Nakamura cooked up a storm at the Checkmate: USA vs India match. Was the reaction was over the top?October 6, 2025·3 min read
It's No Fischer-Spassky, But USA Vs India Match Does Have BeefChess has this funny habit of mirroring international relations and the Checkmate: USA Vs India match fits into that trend (just about).October 3, 2025·3 min read
Epic 'Hans Niemann vs. You' Match Wins W3 Award for ExcellenceIt was the record-setting match where GM Hans Niemann, yes him, was in a room at the Web Summit taking on 107,000 people with AI on their side. And Niemann won.October 2, 2025·3 min read
Watch Out World — The Daddy Of Chess Now Has A ChildChess players around the world are quaking in their boots after Magnus Carlsen's wife Ella Victoria revealed she has given birth. How long until the newborn becomes a grandmaster? October 1, 2025·1 min read
Welcome to family, Tajikistan! Why you'll be seeing more Tajiks on WorldChess.comTajikistan's national championships, the early stages, will be hosted on this platform under a new partnership with the Chess Federation of Tajikistan.September 26, 2025·3 min read
Going Wild With The Wildcards: FIDE's World Cup Invites Go OutFIDE's Emil Sutovsky is slowly teasing out who's getting a golden tickets to the World Cup in November. And they've chosen well.September 20, 2025·3 min read
Use The Grand Prix Attack! F1 Drivers Play Car Crash Game Against RadjabovCelebrities and sports stars playing chess against grandmasters never ends well. Formula 1 drivers Charles Leclerc and Sir Lewis Hamilton found that out against GM Teimour Radjabov. Photo: Ferrari.September 19, 2025·1 min read
Bluebaum Has No Coach. Gets No help. Qualifies For The CandidatesOne more thing to mention from the FIDE Grand Swiss: German GM Matthias Bluebaum. He was incredible. Here's why.September 18, 2025·3 min read
Grand Swerve! Who Missed FIDE's Grand Swiss Prizegiving?He came third, picked up $62,000 in prize money, but didn't turn up for the closing ceremony. Is it because he missed out on a place in Candidates? Photo: Michal Walusza/FIDE.September 18, 2025·3 min read
Total Chess Pilot: Five Things To Watch As Carlsen Tests Chess's New FormatTotal Chess·Nov 9·5 min read
Carlsen Makes Surprise London Detour For World Rapid & Blitz Champs Warm-UpMagnus Carlsen · World Rapid & Blitz Championships · London Chess Classic·Nov 8·4 min read
Carlsen Targets Esports World Cup Hat-Trick—And Another Monster PaydayEsports World Cup · Magnus Carlsen · Norway·Nov 7·7 min read
Term of the dayChess SkewerThe reverse of a pin: the valuable piece is hit first and the one behind it falls.
