How The FIDE Election Works: Sport's Most Bitter And Backstabbing Vote ExplainedThe election to be head of the world chess federation is, fittingly, quite like a game of chess.June 26, 2026·6 min read
FIDE Election Race Hots Up As Both Rosenstein And Buettner Announce CandidacyCampaigning officially begins for the top job in chess as two strong candidates announce their intention to stand.June 26, 2026·6 min read
FIDE And World Chess Agree To Test A First Over-The-Board Official Rating, Earned OnlineFor the first time in the history of chess, online play can lead to an official FIDE rating.June 23, 2026·4 min read
Who Will Lead World Chess? Three Names Emerge Ahead Of The FIDE ElectionCampaigning is about to start in the race to be FIDE president. As it stands, three candidates are expected to put their hats in the ring. But don't take anything for granted.June 22, 2026·8 min read
The Dragon Breathes Fire Again: Chinese Team Completes Historic Golden Double In Hong KongUzbekistan and India have dominated chess over the past year—but in Hong Kong it was the Chinese team Dragon Chilling that was awakened at FIDE's glitzy team tournament.June 21, 2026·5 min read
World Chess Weekly: Is This The Beginning Of The End For Magnus?After his Norway Chess nightmare, the world number-one went on to lose four in a row in Hong Kong. But are the reports of Carlsen's demise greatly exaggerated?June 19, 2026·5 min read
The Rosenstein Show Rolls Into Hong Kong As FIDE's World Rapid & Blitz Team Champs Starts With A BangAll eyes are on Hong Kong right now where the Germany's new FIDE delegate Wadim Rosenstein is playing alongside Magnus Carlsen in the presence of FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich.June 18, 2026·5 min read
World Chess Shareholders Back the Board World Chess PLC held its Annual General Meeting today, and shareholders voted overwhelmingly to support every item on the agenda — with close to 100% of votes cast in favour across all eleven resolutions.June 18, 2026·2 min read
Bulgarian Chess Is A Mess—Just Ask Its Top Female PlayerFederation chaos has left Bulgarian players wondering if they'll get to play at the 2026 FIDE Olympiad this September.June 15, 2026·4 min read
Russia Is Angry About Its Chess Ban—And Wants Ukraine's Chess Chief PunishedThe Chess Federation of Russia is not going to let its humiliating exit from FIDE happen without a fight.June 14, 2026·4 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.
