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Ukrainian Teenager Seeded 126 Becomes Europe's First Ever Non-GM ChampionMajor upset as 2452-rated IM Roman Dehtiarov, aged just 17, comes out of nowhere to triumph at the European Individual Championship 2026 in Katowice.April 20, 2026·3 min read

Indian Joy As Vaishali Wins Women's Candidates To Earn World Title ShotThe two new chess superpowers have profited in Cyprus. India and Uzbekistan have a chance to dominate chess this year. April 15, 2026·3 min read

Sindarov Sets Up Youngest-Ever World Title Match With Stunning Win At FIDE CandidatesThe 20-year-old Uzbek has obliterated the field in Cyprus—and that is truly no exaggeration.April 14, 2026·4 min read

Is The Candidates We All Waited For Done And Dusted Already?We are in awe of Javkohir Sindarov, who's dominating the Candidates. We really are. And so is Magnus Carlsen's wife apparently.April 7, 2026·4 min read

The Greatest Chess Player Alive Almost Resigned on Saturday. The Room Was Too Hot.Magnus Carlsen nearly quit mid-game at the GRENKE Classic in Karlsruhe. Not to his opponent. To the weather.April 5, 2026·2 min read

Chess Decided To Become An Airport. Nobody Asked If That Was A Good Idea.The sport that once prided itself on pure intellect now scans its players before and after every game. This is what happens when a sport panics—and what it accidentally confesses in the process.April 5, 2026·5 min read

Uzbekistan Has a New National Hero. Please, Nobody Tell the President Yet.Javokhir Sindarov is 5.5 out of 6 at the FIDE Candidates. A country of 36 million is holding its breath. April 4, 2026·2 min read

Hikaru Nakamura Is Not a Chess Player Anymore. He Is Your BossHe lost a game at the Candidates Tournament. He handled it the way your boss handles it when his team misses a deadline. Which is to say: very well.April 4, 2026·2 min read

Magnus Carlsen agreed to the photo. Then he turned around and told the judges.At the Grenke Chess Festival in Germany this week, an 18-year-old Kazakh player named Alua Nurman did what any reasonable teenager would do when she found herself sitting across from the greatest chess player in history: she asked for a selfie.April 4, 2026·1 min read

The Relaxation Room Is Not a Content OpportunityUnless you're winning. In which case, apparently, it is.April 3, 2026·4 min read

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Fianchetto in Chess

Developing a bishop to g2 or b2 behind its pawn, aiming down the long diagonal.

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