Magnus Carlsen Went 9–0 in Freestyle Chess. Which Was the One Thing That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen.The whole point was chaos. Magnus made it feel scripted.April 21, 2025·2 min read
The Villain Is on 5.5/8. You Still Care.Hans Niemann keeps winning just enough to stay in your head.April 21, 2025·2 min read
Magnus Carlsen Stepped Away From Classical Chess. He’s Now Speedrunning Its Replacement.Fischer Random was supposed to flatten the field. Carlsen flattened it anyway.April 21, 2025·3 min read
Who Asked For The Women’s Grand Prix To Feel Like A Spreadsheet?The games are good. The coverage is tranquilized. Someone please call marketingApril 20, 2025·4 min read
Chess Twitter Logs On, Immediately Regrets ItA light Twitter exchange about a Magnus Carlsen stat turns into a lecture on propaganda, trust, and the soul of modern chess.April 20, 2025·3 min read
Former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik Takes Poligrah Test; Sparks Major Anti-Cheating Initiative in ChessIn a move to combat the growing scourge of cheating in chess, World Chess (LSE: CHSS) is introducing voluntary polygraph testing as a significant new tool in its anti-cheating arsenal. This initiative, to be added immediately to the list of anti-cheating measures for chessarena.com, the World Chess official gaming platform, follows a high-profile polygraph test taken by former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik.October 17, 2024·5 min read
It Appears People Are A Little Tired From Playing Chess Online, And Play OTB MoreThis is a short guide on how to go back to playing OTB, find opponents, and show emotions when winning or loosing.October 13, 2024·4 min read
The World Chess Championship Medal v. 2.0We have redesigned the Championship Medal, now it’s meaningful and eternal and signifies exactly what it should: one of the most prestigious sports titles on the planet.October 13, 2018·2 min read
Welcome to the new World Chess Broadcasting Platform!Important features: it’s well-designed, has great features that appeal to non-professionals, has the best chess chat ever, will be available for all chess organizers shortly to broadcast events for free (and even make money with it), and it works.September 22, 2018·4 min read
Test: every content module in one article (2015)Smoke-test article for the media section: body text with headings, lists, links, a plain quote, a quote with an author and a nested callout; image; callouts; two ad blocks; two chess games (PGN file and pasted PGN); YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram embeds; a poll. No tags, dated 2015 so it stays out of the feed.March 14, 2015·2 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.
