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Bibisara Assaubayeva answered a subscriber’s question about the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2026. Assaubayeva stated that she plans to participate in the event. Bibisara notes that Istanbul is a convenient location for her. “[Question: Will you…
Fabiano Caruana commented on the USA team’s performance at the Chess Olympiad 2026. Caruana believes that his team had no chance of winning the gold medal. Fabiano notes that all players on the team underperformed except Levon Aronian. Caruana spoke about i…
The English Open Championships 2026 took place Sat 24th October to Sun 1st November 2026. English Open 2026: Gawain Maroroa Jones won with 7½/9 a point clear of Michael Adams, Brandon Gi Clarke and Daniel W Gormally on 6½. English Women's 2026: Elmira Mirzo…
GM Aram Hakobyan (2638) beat GM Mahammad Muradli (2662) with the white pieces in round 7, board 5 of the KazChess Masters Almaty 2026, winning in 62 moves. The classical game opened with the Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation. Play through the game o…
GM Alireza Firouzja has won the Bullet Brawl arena, ending GM Hikaru Nakamura's record-breaking victory streak. Firouzja finished with 170 points, outscoring six super-grandmasters in the 232-player event held on Saturday. Results The tournament saw a stron…
The Asian Seniors Chess Championships 2026 held in standard, rapid and blitz chess sections across the 50+ and 65+ age groups concluded in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. The competition wich ran from October 15 to 25, brought together 74 players from 11 countries. Held a…
GM Volodar Murzin (2656) beat GM Yue Wang (2619) with the white pieces in round 4, board 11 of the 2026 Chinese Chess League Division A (Round-Robin, R7-11), winning in 57 moves. The classical game opened with the Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Anti-Berlin Vari…
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the Egyptian Chess Federation are pleased to announce that the registration deadline for the 2026 FIDE World U7–U17 Rapid and Blitz Championships has been extended to 10 November 2026. The event will take place…
Iranian GM Sina Movahed scored 9 victories and 1 draw to win the October 30 Freestyle Friday tournament with 9.5/11 points. Runner-up Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev won 8 times, drew 2 times, and lost once, which led him to finish second with 9 points. The Fre…
FIDE announced the venue and dates for the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships 2026. The event will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from December 25 to 30. Freedom Holding Corp. will become the title sponsor of the event. The founder of this company an…
Losing in round one is not how most people plan to win a tournament. Andy Woodward did it anyway. The American grandmaster, who plays on Chess.com as Philippians46, lost his first game of Titled Tuesday on October 27 after blundering a one-move checkmate wh…
The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) is pleased to announce that the Grand Final of the WFCC Fujairah Grand Prix 2025–2026 will take place from 27 to 30 November 2026 in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates . The world’s leading chess solvers will me…
The 3rd and final day of the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown 2026 in Saint Louis has concluded. Javokhir Sindarov scored 5 wins and 11 draws after 18 rounds. He won the tournament with 20.5/36 points. Sindarov is 1.5 points ahead of the runner-up Praggnana…
Istanbul, Türkiye, will host the 2026 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships from December 26-30, FIDE announced on Thursday. GMs Magnus Carlsen, Aleksandra Goryachkina, and Bibisara Assaubayeva are the defending champions heading into th...
The year's biggest rapid and blitz party now has an address. FIDE has announced that the World Rapid and Blitz Championships will be held in Istanbul, filling the last blank on a calendar that had been missing both a host and a date. Players and fans can no…
Istanbul, Türkiye , will welcome the world’s elite chess players this December as the host city of the 2026 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships , one of the most anticipated events on the international chess calendar. Freedom Holding Corp. , FIDE’s str…
Fabiano Caruana shared his opinion on Hans Moke Niemann in a conversation with Cristian Chirila on the C-Squared Podcast. Caruana says that not focusing on Classical play is a mistake. Fabiano notes that achievements at S-Tier events make headlines. “[Crist…
The second edition of the Chess Club Showdown took place on Chess.com on October 28. The 9z Globant club won the event by defeating Team Liquid Chess Club 79-21 in the Final Match. Faustino Oro played 19 Blitz games during the event. Oro won 16 games, drew…
For the second month in a row, 9z Globant won the Chess Club Showdown on October 28, once again defeating Team Liquid in the finals. They were the two highest-scoring teams after a two-hour arena of five-minute blitz games. In the finals, 50 playe...
Croatian FM and content creator Vjekoslav Nemec released a video about Dutch FM Dick De Graaf. Vjekoslav accused Dick of abusing FIDE regulations for obtaining official titles. Dick De Graaf participated in the European Chess Club Cup 2026 team tournament i…
GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (2649) beat GM Mahammad Muradli (2662) with the black pieces in round 2, board 4 of the KazChess Masters Almaty 2026, winning in 42 moves. The classical game opened with the Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense, Vienna Variation.…
FIDE President Timur Turlov spoke about the media potential of professional chess in an interview on the Jibek Joly TV channel. Turlov says that he wants to make chess tournament broadcasts entertaining. Timur believes that chess can become a media sport on…
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