The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships is scheduled to begin on Friday (December 26), and all eyes will be on World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. A new generation of super-GMs is expected to rise ...

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

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This holiday season, New York City’s financial district will transform into a battleground for the world's greatest chess minds in the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess ...

After testing himself against top opponents, Anand blends intuition with modern prep, dissecting wins and errors with ...

Arjun Erigaisi, bronze medallist in World Rapid and Blitz last week, opens against fellow Indian Vidit Gujrathi ...

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 ...

Nihal won on Friday evening, after the passing of his maternal grandfather - who had taught him the sport - on Thursday night.

MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. The 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship in New York has ended with the triumph of Russian chess players, about which the West says nothing. Russian players showed ...

NEW DELHI: India's top-ranked female chess player grandmaster Koneru Humpy has achieved a remarkable feat by winning the FIDE ...

Having finished third in the Rapid event of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata, Arjun began the Blitz ...

Magnus Carlsen has been disqualified from the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York due to a dress code violation. The world's No. 1 ranked player refused to change out of his jeans after a ...

The death of Daniel Naroditsky exposed the conflicts between the game’s traditional wing and its many online stars.