World of chess

Tata Steel and the London Chess Classic are two events where politics and controversy rarely happen. They're just about good chess, and we love that. Enter GM Hans Niemann.

Upsets, knockouts and a competition where it's impossible to predict who'll win. The FIDE World Cup is fantastic. It starts on Thursday.

There's an angle Saint Louis hasn't included in the promo for the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown. What happened the last time GM Magnus Carlsen was in the house.

On the 16th move, GM Aleksandar Indjic had to leave the playing hall at the European Club Cup in Rhodes. An ambulance was called.

FIDE has worked with Norway Chess to create the Total Chess World Championship Tour—an event almost exactly what GM Magnus Carlsen has been calling for. But has the classical World Championship been devalued?

Ukraine's Open team struck gold at the European Team Chess Champs. But where Ukraine treads, the politics of chess inevitably follow.

The talent of GM Vincent Keymer has been talked about for a long time. Finally, it's his year. With a stellar score at the Euros so far, he's crept up to sixth in the world.

There can't be many sports where a player who is seven months pregnant can compete at the highest level—and win. Chess is one of them. All hail WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan!

Don't expect any kings thrown into the crowd in Batumi, but the European Team Championships is just as engrossing as all the other high-profile events going on right now. This stone-cold classic of the chess calendar shouldn't be overlooked.

Chess has this funny habit of mirroring international relations and the Checkmate: USA Vs India match fits into that trend (just about).