For a game obsessed with coordination, chess politics has none. FIDE’s federations could move together — they just prefer not to move at all.

Chess Politics Needs Real Coalitions

The new episode of The World Chess Show features interviews with the former top-10 player GM Judit Polgar, her sister Susan, the first female grandmaster, and the former Women’s World Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk.

The Big Question: Will A Woman Ever Become Absolute World Chess Champion?

GM Hikaru Nakamura cooked up a storm at the Checkmate: USA vs India match. Was the reaction was over the top?

What Just Happened? The Chess World Is Fighting—Please Stop!

Sometimes chess just gives you a nice warm feeling inside. So it was when Bodhana Sivanandan faced U.S. Chess Hall of Famer James Sherwin at the 2025 UK Open Blitz Qualifier.

The Wonder Of Chess: Prodigy, 10, Takes On Golden Oldie, 92

He argues that only legal consequences will protect the integrity of the game as online chess grapples with a surge in foul play.