England's record-breaking chess prodigy continued her extraordinary year with a perfect score at the Belfast qualifier for ...

The World Amateur Chess Championships are due to take place in Malaysia next month despite entry restrictions on Israeli citizens that appear to conflict with FIDE's own commitment to equal access.

Nodirbek Abdusattorov returns to defend his title against a field mixing established stars, rising talents and British ...

Bodhana Sivanandan arrived at the Chess Olympiad aged 11 and was asked to lead England from board one. She leaves Samarkand ...

New FIDE President Timur Turlov has backed keeping the Chess Federation of Russia suspended—on the same weekend a former ...

For chess great Garry Kasparov, alleged Russian plots to assassinate Kremlin opponents abroad are no laughing matter.

Magnus Carlsen has another ratings list to top after FIDE announced players will have an official FIDE rating for Fischer ...

Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, Becomes WGM And Scores Second IM Norm At Chess OlympiadBodhana Sivanandan arrived at the Chess ...

It's been a week since Timur Turlov was elected FIDE president. Already, he is grappling with the consequences of putting himself on the world stage.

The 85 is the number worth worrying about, or celebrating, and I have not decided which.September 29, 2026·6 min read Turlov ...

The Olympiad is over. The next time GM Gukesh D and GM Javokhir Sindarov become the centre of the chess world's attention, the World Championship will be on the line. The FIDE Olympiad was a whole lot ...

Everything You Need To KnowThe 2026 Chess Olympiad is over—and Uzbekistan and China are the champions. A record 400 teams descended on Samarkand for 11 rounds of extraordinary chess, controversy, ...