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Javokhir Sindarov returned to the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort in Cyprus in October. Sindarov spent there the final stage of preparation for the FIDE World Championship 2026. Sindarov stayed at the hotel from October 5 to 21. He lived in a named suite dedi…
FIDE and the Venezuelan Chess Federation, in cooperation with the Ministry of People’s Power for Sport, invite all FIDE Member Federations to participate in the FIDE World Junior U20 Championship to be held in Caracas from November 17 to 28, 2026. Each Nati…
It is rare for a challenger to walk into a world championship match looking like the favorite on paper, and rarer still to do it with a trophy in his bag. Javokhir Sindarov will do exactly that. FIDE's November rating list has him far ahead of reigning cham…
GM Javokhir Sindarov goes into the 2026 Salesforce FIDE World Championship against reigning champion GM Gukesh Dommaraju with a lead of 72 rating points and 22 places on the November FIDE rating list. The biggest climber near the top of the list w...
Magnus Carlsen, the world chess champion, prepared for his debut in the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot by attending a training camp in Spain. Carlsen was joined at the camp by Nodirbek Abdusattorov, David Howell, and his longtime coach, Peter Hei…
GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov have teamed up for a training camp in Spain ahead of the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot. Joining them are GM David Howell and Carlsen's longtime coach, GM Peter Heine Nielsen. Carlsen and ...
Gukesh Dommaraju visited the Neem Karoli Baba’s Indian monastery. Gukesh visited the monastery ahead of the FIDE World Championship 2026. The reigning World Champion sought spiritual blessings to defend his title in the match against Javokhir Sindarov. Guke…
Hikaru Nakamura explained why he, Javokhir Sindarov, and Bibisara Assaubayeva were at the same hotel in Cyprus at the same time. Nakamura says that all participants of the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 were given vouchers. The vouchers provide a one-week…
GM Javokhir Sindarov won the second edition of Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown 2026 with a final score of 20.5 points after three days. He earned $168,000 (including bonuses) and played the game of the tournament against GM Hikaru Nakamura along ...
Get ready to go wild with your attacks. The Chess.com Crazyhouse Championship is the next event of the Chess.com Community Championships. The event starts on November 5 and features a $2,500 prize fund. Crazyhouse is a chess variant in which play...
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