This shift marks one of the most significant structural changes to professional chess in decades.

FIDE has introduced a revamped Circuit with a new two-year format from 2026. The changes include stricter balance rules and a ...

Fabiano Caruana and R. Praggnanandhaa secure their Candidates 2026 spots through the 2024 and 2025 circuits, respectively.

FIDE and Freestyle Chess had engaged in a heated feud last year but have finally joined hands to organise a World ...

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, Live Streaming: India's D Gukesh is all set to face China's Ding Liren in the World Championship showdown beginning in Singapore from Monday.

The Tata Steel blitz winner believes that the classical title, won by Gukesh in 2024, is being devalued too much in the ...

Magnus Carlsen, the reigning world chess champion and top-ranked player, faced a disqualification from the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships for violating the dress code set by the ...

A Switzerland-based chess organization has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in women’s events until they have completed a gender assessment with competition officials. The ruling was ...

Koneru vs Divya Women's Chess World Cup final 2025 highlights: The two finalists will now face each other with all on stake ...

Goa, India, is host the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 from October 31 to November 27. World champion D Gukesh leads a strong 24-member Indian contingent, with Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanandhaa seeded ...

"I don't think it's right to call this tournament a bad one," Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa says as he talks to ESPN a little over a week after the conclusion of the biggest tournament he's played yet. At ...

Magnus Carlsen, five-time world champion, faced disqualification from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship for violating FIDE's dress code by wearing jeans. Despite being fined USD 200 and ...