Hamburg / Weissenhaus, October 1, 2026 – The race to the 2027 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship is back on. Freestyle ...

The October 2026 rating list was primarily shaped by the recently concluded 46th Chess Olympiad, with both the top 10 Open and Women’s lists seeing some important shifts. Nodirbek Abdusattorov ...

Alongside the 2026 World Schools Chess Championship – Europe, the International Scientific Conference “Theory and Practice of ...

The third day of the European Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 elevated the ...

Predin saw a brilliant display of standard attacking patterns against a loosely castled king. Black compromised their center ...

The European Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 commenced on 29 September in Tsaghkadzor ...

Following a review of the nominations for the 2026 Svetozar Gligorić Trophy, the FIDE Gligorić Trophy Award Commission has decided to award the trophy to two recipients: Sebastian Poltorak (Poland) – ...

The FIDE General Assembly was held on 26–27 September 2026 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, during the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad and ...

Uzbekistan won the Open section of the 2026 Chess Olympiad on home soil in Samarkand, defeating Ukraine 2.5–1.5 in the final ...

Then came the grand finale of the Open section. Uzbekistan, the hosts, were crowned Olympiad champions, receiving the gold ...

Timur Turlov, President of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, was elected President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE ...