After a subpar 2025 season, Wesley So aims to return to the world top 10 after opening this year’s campaign with a blitz chess title in India ...

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand showed he remains a force to reckon with in a field increasingly dominated by ...

The top-ranked Indian player across formats, Arjun was on a roll to start the blitz section of the event. Having finished behind champion Nihal Sarin and runner-up Anand in the rapid section, Arjun ...

The chess world is never short on scandals, and the latest one is incredibly on brand. Top-ranked former world champion Magnus Carlsen recently showed up to a tournament in jeans, refused to change, ...

Most of the World’s Top Chess Players Compete in Electrifying Rapid Format for the Most Thrilling Chess Event of the Year This year’s event introduces a thrilling twist: a knockout stage in the later ...

Having finished third in the Rapid event of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata, Arjun began the Blitz portion with a blitzkrieg of his own. On Saturday, he took down five opponents ...

American Carissa Yip held her nerve to win the tie-break 1.5-0.5 against India’s Vantika Agrawal to claim the women’s blitz ...

Bibisara Assaubayeva, the three-time Women’s World Blitz Champion, is one of the most dominant speed chess players of this ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. Tuesday’s final in New York was locked at ...

The world’s No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially withdrawing as he refused to change out of a pair of jeans. The 34 ...

American Grandmaster Wesley So showed remarkable consistency to clinch the title in the Open category with a round to spare.