World of chess

Chess is about to get a lot more visible in Europe's largest economy.

The "Wimbledon of Chess" is fizzing along nicely as it moves into its second week. But on the other side of the Atlantic details of GM Daniel Naroditsky's death have been released.

A report into Daniel Naroditsky's death concludes it was accidental and he had a cocktail of drugs in his system. One former world champion still has questions, however.

The world number-one had been ducking classical events. Not in 2026.

GM Hans Niemann climbed over a fence to get in as Extinction Rebellion disrupted the iconic Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Yet again, a source of vital chess funding is being questioned.

While rumblings in the world of chess politics continue, attention is turning to one of the most beloved events in the calendar: the annual "chess Wimbledon" at Wijk aan Zee.

New edition of the global television series revisits each monthly episode to piece together a kaleidoscopic portrait of a game in transformation.

World-number-one GM Magnus Carlsen is the first name on this list for this year's Norway Chess, which is moving from Stavanger to Oslo.

He's a superstar in the chess world who left his home country to flee restrictions the Iranian regime places on sport—now he's calling for change.

Russian teams playing in international chess tournaments isn't the only issue at stake in the sport's looming legal battle.