General chess news and developments from across the global chess community.
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev receives FIDE President Timur Turlov
Timur Turlov, the newly elected FIDE president, met with Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev this week. The two discussed chess development i…
Frederik Svane: An understated Olympic record
Frederik Svane just quietly rewrote German chess history. The Hamburg grandmaster claimed his second individual gold medal at the 2026 Chess Olympiad …
"Chess might be one of the least expressive sports I have ever watched"
Naganethra Reddy came to chess from badminton and motorsport, expecting a sterile, unreadable spectacle. She was wrong, but not in the way you'd think…
Computer Chess Club: General Topics • Re: p!=np Because... we're anthropocentric!
A Computer Chess Club forum member proposed universal conditional consistency as a solution for matching pennies and binary digit prediction. The algo…
FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2027: Registration opens
Registration is now open for the 2027 FIDE World Senior Team Championships, happening in Magdeburg, Germany from March 31 to April 11. FIDE, the Germa…
The princes of Samarkand
Germany's youth chess pipeline owes a debt to Thuringia and one coach's vision from two decades ago. Bernd Vökler established what became known as the…
FIDE World U7-U17 Rapid and Blitz Championships 2026 Egypt: Registration continues
FIDE has opened registration for the 2026 World U7-U17 Rapid and Blitz Championships in Cairo this December. The event runs from December 8 to 15 and …
Respect over results: Sebastian Poltorak and Tin Jingyao receive Gligoric Trophy 2026
Sebastian Poltorak and Tin Jingyao won the 2026 Svetozar Gligoric Trophy for choosing sportsmanship over competitive gain. Poltorak, playing for Polan…
Learning strategy from Bent Larsen
Bent Larsen remains a model for players who want to break free from opening dogma. The Danish grandmaster won by combining unorthodox opening choices …
Jon Speelman: Miniatures in Samarkand
Speelman sifted through nearly 9,000 games from the Samarkand Olympiad to find the sharp, brutal finishes. He focused on miniatures of 25 moves or few…
Awonder Liang Invincible At Seirawan Chess, The Complex Variant
Awonder Liang dominated the 2026 Seirawan Chess Championship with a perfect 3-0 record across all matches, cementing his mastery of the variant. The 2…
Critical thinking takes centre stage at Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival
Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival just wrapped in Budapest with critical thinking as its driving theme. The 12th edition packed the Hungarian Natio…
Hy Nguyen, Maghsoodloo, Grischuk Take 3 0 Thursday Titles
Hy Nguyen outran Maghsoodloo on tiebreaks to win the first 3+0 Thursday tournament on October 1, despite Maghsoodloo's nine points. Maghsoodloo then t…
Upcoming tournaments and events
The chess calendar is packed this November, with tournaments sprouting across the globe for players at every level. Whether you're hunting for a serio…
Small Nations Chess Association restarts activities and elects new Board
SNACA held its General Assembly in Samarkand and hit the reset button. The Small Nations Chess Association elected a new board, approved updated statu…
Jon Speelman at 70: A leading figure of English chess
Jonathan Speelman hits 70 today, and English chess owes him plenty. In the late 1980s, Speelman was a genuine world-class player. He cracked the top …
“Theory and Practice of Chess Education” conference begins in Tsaghkadzor
The International Scientific Conference "Theory and Practice of Chess Education" opened in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia this week, running October 1-2 alongsi…
Streamer Arenas Announcement — August to December 2026
Lichess has locked in its Streamer Arena calendar from August through December 2026. These weekly tournaments give content creators a dedicated platfo…
Knight to October 8: Saint Louis to host America's chess elite
Saint Louis will host the 2026 U.S. and U.S. Women's Chess Championships this October 8-23, cementing the city's status as America's chess capital. Th…
TCEC announces AI integration plans as a new generation of engines enters the arena
TCEC is heading into its 30th season with a major shift: deeper AI integration across the competition. The Swiss system takes the lead role in the new…