World Chess Launches Global Campaign: 'Chess Is Very Good For You'Nearly 200 national chess federations will be offered help spreading the word—backed up by research—that chess is very good for you.May 27, 2026·4 min read
Chess Now Has a Patron Saint. A Company Made It Happen. Is That... Allowed?World Chess petitioned the Catholic Church and won. Now a publicly traded company has given a 1,500-year-old game its first official divine backing. For a billion players worldwide, this is either a gift or the strangest corporate overreach in sports history.December 20, 2025·6 min read
We Did Something Strange. We Made Our board… NormalWorld Chess is introducing a new default board — brighter, more familiar, and designed to test how players respond. Some will welcome the change, others may resist it, but everyone will notice. Here’s why we made the switch, and what it means for your next game.August 29, 2025·2 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
FIDE Seeks Legal Opinion Over Russian Championships After Donetsk RowChess Politics·Oct 20·8 min read
Term of the dayFianchetto in ChessDeveloping a bishop to g2 or b2 behind its pawn, aiming down the long diagonal.
