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Russia's Deadline To Stop Hosting Chess Events In Ukraine Passes: What Will FIDE Do?Russia faces a maximum three-year suspension if it is found to have continued chess tournaments in occupied lands. FIDE will now decide whether to enforce that.June 9, 2026·7 min read

'We Have No Doubt Our Candidate Will Win': Russia Seeks To Extend 3-Decade Dominance Of ChessThe signs are ominous for anyone wanting change—Russia will not loosen its grip over FIDE without a fight.June 7, 2026·4 min read

Ilyumzhinov Takes Back The Future Bid To Be FIDE President To Moscow: Can He Beat Dvorkovich?The 7th and 8th FIDE presidents are due to make their case for the top job in chess on Friday.June 4, 2026·3 min read

The World Chess Championship Needs A Host—Quickly: FIDE Forced To Extend Bid DeadlineIt's far from a crisis, but the world governing body and organiser of the greatest show in the game still hasn't found a venue.June 2, 2026·3 min read

Russia Accuses Ukrainian Chess Federation President Of Being A WarmongerChess Federation of Russia says Oleksandr Kamyshin is not fit to lead. Russia's critics call hypocrisy.June 1, 2026·6 min read

Would You Like To Rule The Chess World? FIDE Reveals What It Takes To Get ElectedFIDE has published the roadmap for its 2026 presidential election. But in the world of chess politics, everyone already knows the real requirements.May 19, 2026·5 min read

Dvorkovich Accused Of 'Violating Every Electoral Rule Possible', FIDE RespondsNoise is increasing before the campaign for the 2026 FIDE election formally gets under way next month—and that means mud is being thrown.May 7, 2026·6 min read

Africa To Stage Historic First FIDE Chess Olympiad (In 2032, And If A Host Can Be Found)The prospect is quite a long way off, but the Olympiad may finally travel to the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent.April 30, 2026·4 min read

Caruana Bemoans Lack Of State Support For U.S. Chess And Warns Superpower Is Falling Behind RivalsSpeaking ahead of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour, the reigning and five-time U.S. Champion points to how one of game's traditional superpowers is losing ground to Uzbekistan and India.April 28, 2026·4 min read

Everything Wadim Rosenstein Is Doing Suggests He Wants To Be FIDE President. Here's Why'I often hear different stories about myself,' the billionaire German entrepreneur says as he appears to be preparing the ground for a run at Arkady Dvorkovich's job.April 27, 2026·8 min read

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One move, two threats: a fork attacks two pieces at once, and only one can be saved.

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A piece steps aside and uncovers an attack from the piece it was blocking.

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Mate on the last rank: the king's own pawns leave it nowhere to run.

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