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Pein Moves to Remove the ECU PresidentMalcolm Pein wants Zurab out, and he needs 18 federations to do itSeptember 25, 2026·3 min read

Lazavik Goes Too Far: Chess's New Edgelord Takes Aim At Women, Nakamura And MishraBelarusian GM Denis Lazavik has launched an extraordinary series of attacks on fellow players, declaring it "madness" to train with women, dismissing Hikaru Nakamura's chess and telling 17-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra that "no one needs you" at 2630.September 20, 2026·4 min read

Could Someone Please Get the Electorate a VisaChess is electing a president this month. Step one, it turns out, is letting the voters into the country. September 16, 2026·5 min read

The Horrible, Horrible FIDE Presidential Debate I Just Sat Through—Winners And LosersWadim Rosenstein promised to be available 24/7, then vanished after four minutes. Timur Turlov talked like a man who has built something. Jan Henric Buettner brought an org chart. Ilya Merenzon on FIDE's first, and worst, presidential debate.September 9, 2026·7 min read

Somebody Finally Bugged a Chess Official. Chess Politics Has Made It to the Big Leagues.Twenty-six days before the FIDE election, a secretly taped private conversation hit the internet. The target filed a police report — but first, he joined X.September 1, 2026·1 min read

Tshepiso Lopang Lost the African Chess Presidency by One Vote. She Has Decided to Keep It.Lopang’s four-page refusal to hand over power rests on a bribery complaint — $1,500, according to sources — and one legal precedent. The precedent is about FIDE removing incumbents.July 31, 2026·8 min read

FIDE President Is Sanctioned. Who Is Running Chess Now?The EU sanctioned FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich on Wednesday. By nightfall he had suspended his own powers, handed the federation to a five-time World Champion, and turned this fall's election upside down.July 23, 2026·4 min read

FIDE Suspends Kramnik Over Public Cheating Accusations—Grandmaster Fires Back: 'This Isn't Over'After months of anticipation, FIDE has published its decision in the disciplinary case stemming from Kramnik's public comments against the late GM Daniel Naroditsky. Kramnik has reacted.July 3, 2026·4 min read

Niemann-Nepo Grudge Match Ends 4-4: But That's A Moral Victory for Hans, Right?The so-called 'bad boy of chess' showed some rare vulnerability after his match with his Russian accuser. It was fascinating to hear.June 1, 2026·4 min read

Before the Anal Beads, There Was a Wig. Meet Chess's Original Computer Cheat.Netflix just made a documentary about the biggest cheating scandal in chess history. It started the story thirty years too late.April 25, 2026·6 min read

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