World of chess

Russia will miss a third successive Chess Olympiad after FIDE rejected a last-minute attempt to return its national teams for Samarkand 2026 — even under a neutral flag.

Timur Turlov's bid to succeed the suspended Arkady Dvorkovich has focused attention on the future of FIDE.

With no obvious winner in sight, World Chess looks at the electoral maths that will decide who controls FIDE for the next four years.

Turlov, Buettner and Rosenstein are fighting like rats in a barrel. One of them has to come out on top.

President of the Chess Federation of Russia congratulates winning team and hails "wonderful gift to Russian fans." But FIDE says this isn't a team representing Russia.

The world chess governing body insists a Russian university team is not a Russian national team. Critics say the distinction is just a loophole.

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.

Chess's entire opposition party is one Dane, one phone, and a question nobody answers. A column by Ilya Merenzon.

Timur Turlov signed up to be chess's No. 2. Then, on a Thursday in July, Brussels made him the story.

The patriarch is out. The reluctant heir doesn't want the job. A disgraced ex-boss is circling with promises, and the board votes in ten weeks — in Samarkand. Somebody please get HBO on the phone (but they will probably not pick up).