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
World Chess Weekly: Magnus Rules Again As World Cup Starts (Without Him)While the sad controversy over Daniel Naroditsy's death rumbles on, the chess world hasn't stood still this week. Particularly, GM Magnus Carlsen.October 31, 2025·4 min read
Two Classics Of The Chess Calendar Unveil Line-Ups—And Hans Niemann Finally Gets An InviteTata Steel and the London Chess Classic are two events where politics and controversy rarely happen. They're just about good chess, and we love that. Enter GM Hans Niemann.October 29, 2025·5 min read
Ready, Set...Goa! Why The FIDE World Cup In India Will Be Spectacular (Even Without Carlsen)Upsets, knockouts and a competition where it's impossible to predict who'll win. The FIDE World Cup is fantastic. It starts on Thursday.October 28, 2025·5 min read
Magnus Back At Saint Louis For First Time Since THAT Hans Niemann Cheating ScandalThere's an angle Saint Louis hasn't included in the promo for the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown. What happened the last time GM Magnus Carlsen was in the house.October 27, 2025·3 min read
World Chess Weekly: Fallout From Naroditsky's Death Dominates, Caruana Leads U.S. ChampsChess was in in the spotlight for heart-breaking and deeply controversial reasons this week following the sad death of GM Daniel Naroditsky. Meanwhile, over the board two major tournaments have been taking place.October 24, 2025·6 min read
Mr Dodgy Nearly Took Over FIDE. Eighty-Five Federations Thought That Was a Good Idea.Chess Politics·Sep 29·6 min read
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Becomes WGM And Scores Second IM Norm At Chess OlympiadTop players · Chess Olympiad 2026·Sep 27·4 min read
Turlov Backs Russia Suspension—As Former Russian Sports Minister Joins FIDE LeadershipChess Politics·Sep 27·5 min read
Term of the dayChess SkewerThe reverse of a pin: the valuable piece is hit first and the one behind it falls.
