18 Candidates, Four Jobs: The Other FIDE Election Race Gets CrowdedForget the three-way battle to become FIDE President. Another extraordinary election is taking place in Samarkand this month, with 18 candidates from around the world fighting for just four elected Vice President positions.September 1, 2026·3 min read
Chess Is Getting Its Own Home on the Internet: FIDE and World Chess Apply for the .chess Domain ExtensionThe application for the game’s official top-level domain has been submitted to ICANN — the first chance in over a decade to create one. If approved, every federation, club, tournament and titled player will be able to carry a verified domain name ending in .chess.September 1, 2026·4 min read
Somebody Finally Bugged a Chess Official. Chess Politics Has Made It to the Big Leagues.Twenty-six days before the FIDE election, a secretly taped private conversation hit the internet. The target filed a police report — but first, he joined X.September 1, 2026·1 min read
Anand: Praggnanandhaa Is The No.1 Player In The World Right NowPraggnanandhaa may only be 12th on the official rankings, but five-time World Champion GM Viswanathan Anand believes there is nobody playing better chess right now.August 31, 2026·3 min read
'I May Not Get A Second Chance': Sindarov Opens Up On Gukesh World ChampionshipJavokhir Sindarov says facing Gukesh will be the hardest tournament of his life—but the challenger is taking a very different road to Geneva from the World Champion.August 29, 2026·2 min read
FIDE Quietly Changes Dates For Gukesh-Sindarov World ChampionshipThe Gukesh–Sindarov World Championship has quietly been moved. Changed your plans for Geneva? You may need to change them again.August 29, 2026·3 min read
Carlsen Says Yes, But Nakamura And Gukesh Missing From Total Chess Line-UpGM Magnus Carlsen will headline November’s experimental Total Chess pilot in Budapest — but GM Hikaru Nakamura and World Champion GM Gukesh D are conspicuous absentees from a stellar first line-up.August 26, 2026·3 min read
Turlov Says He Renounced Russian Citizenship Because Of Ukraine WarFIDE presidential candidate Timur Turlov says Russia's invasion of Ukraine was behind his decision to renounce his Russian citizenship and become a Kazakh national.August 26, 2026·6 min read
'Below 2700, Chess Doesn't Pay': England's No. 1 Nikita Vitiugov Quits Professional GameGM Nikita Vitiugov's comments expose an uncomfortable reality beneath chess's apparent boom: even one of the world's top 50 players can struggle to make the numbers add up.August 25, 2026·6 min read
'No Russian Teams': FIDE Blocks Russia From 2026 Chess OlympiadRussia will miss a third successive Chess Olympiad after FIDE rejected a last-minute attempt to return its national teams for Samarkand 2026 — even under a neutral flag.August 24, 2026·8 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.
