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In this special Olympiad episode of Svitlana’s Smart Moves, Svitlana looks back at her final round game for Canada against Singapore.

FIDE President Timur Turlov has presented plans for a new organizational structure aimed at clarifying responsibilities, improving governance and strengthening the federation's international activities.

While looking through the standings of the European Club Cup which concluded last week, René Mandelbaum focused on the teams at the bottom of the table.

IM Marcus Harvey won the English Rapidplay Championship in Peterborough after defeating fellow IM Jonah Willow in a five-game playoff.

The Kasparov Chess Foundation Academy has wrapped up its third season, marking another important year of growth for the organization, with expanding educational programs, international events, and outstanding achievements by participants in KCF programs.

The Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown event returns to Saint Louis on 27–29 October, with Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Javokhir Sindarov (pictured) competing in an 18-game rapid tournament.

Chess Olympiads produce remarkable stories.

The English Chess Federation hailed her as a ‘generational talent.’

Bayegan Pendik and Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo won the European Club Cup titles in Budva, both finishing level on match points with their closest rivals and prevailing on tiebreaks.

For Jochen Schwarz, club player from Bremen, FritzTrainer courses have become an essential part of his hobby.

The 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners brought together a record 140 teams from 56 countries, highlighting the continued growth of FIDE's Chess for Freedom initiative.

In the end, Wesley So did it!

Three teams share the lead in both sections of the European Club Cup ahead of Friday's final round.

Going into the final round of the 2026 US Women’s Championship in St Louis, Rachael Li was the sole leader with 8 points from 10 games, one point ahead of Alice Lee.

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The cosmopolitan capital of Spain’s Catalonia region will host the MOVE Cup, a new elite chess tournament, with Magnus Carlsen first in the line-up.

Novy Bor and SuperChess Romania remain the only teams with perfect scores in the open section of the European Club Cup after five rounds.

Armenian GM Emin Ohanyan won the Atyrau Masters in Kazakhstan after finishing tied for first place with Chinese IM Jiang Haochen on 7/9.

Vahap Şanal won the 2026 NATO Chess Championship in Jūrmala with a perfect 7/7 score, while Türkiye took first place in the team competition.

FIDE President Timur Turlov met Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia to discuss the country's growing chess infrastructure and future cooperation with FIDE.

The European Club Cup is taking place on 17-23 October in Budva, Montenegro, bringing together 108 teams in the open section and 22 teams in the women's competition.

Eleven teams remain tied for first place in the open section of the European Club Cup after three rounds, with tenth seeds Beer Sheva the only top-twelve team to have dropped a match point.

The US Championships are taking place on 9-21 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club.

GM Arturs Neiksans looks back on his remarkable chess journey, from growing up in the small Latvian town of Valka and discovering chess at age nine to representing Latvia and eventually becoming a Grandmaster.

A total of 108 teams are competing in the European Club Cup in Budva in the open section, with 22 in the women's competition.

Total Chess has proposed a new rating system that combines players' classical, rapid and blitz ratings into a single figure.

Wesley So defeated Andy Woodward in round eight of the US Championship to extend his lead to a full point over Fabiano Caruana, who drew against Sam Sevian.

The World Championship match between Gukesh Dommaraju and Javokhir Sindarov is approaching.

The European Club Cup began on Saturday in Budva, Montenegro, with 108 teams competing in the open section and 22 in the women's tournament.

On 17th October 1956, a sensational sacrificial game played in New York City by a 13-year-old chess upstart from Brooklyn shot across the globe.

Fabiano Caruana has won the US Championship five times, including four consecutive titles from 2022 to 2025.

Christian Gloeckler is the sole leader of the Fagernes International Autumn after seven rounds.

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Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has met newly elected FIDE President Timur Turlov to discuss the development of chess in the country and future cooperation with FIDE.

Two Olympiads, thirteen wins, seven draws, no defeats, two individual gold medals and a team bronze - Frederik Svane's Olympiad record is impressive.

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Coming from badminton and motorsport, Naganethra Reddy expected chess to feel quiet and hard to read.

In 1977, the historian and archaeologist Yuri Buryakov discovered a set of seven ivory pieces in the ruins of the ancient city of Afrasiab, near Samarkand.

The success of the German national team has something to do with Thuringia.

For the first time in its history, the renowned German chess magazine SCHACH is available in English.

On Saturday, 21 November 2026, Prague’s Hotel Don Giovanni will host the second Vlastimil Hort Tournament, a rapid chess tournament dedicated to one of the greatest Czech chess players of all time, Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort, who had a very special connec…

Sebastian Poltorak of Poland and Singaporean grandmaster Tin Jingyao have been named recipients of the 2026 Svetozar Gligoric Trophy.

Bent Larsen combined an unconventional approach to the opening with a strong understanding of dynamic positions.

The Fagernes International Autumn Tournament is under way in Norway, with six players sharing the lead in the GM Swiss after two rounds.

Jon Speelman looks back at the Samarkand Olympiad through a selection of short decisive games from the open section.

The Sahel Chess Festival returns to Monastir from 24 October to 1 November, with around 300 players expected to compete at the Hotel El Habib on Tunisia’s Mediterranean coast.

Chess philanthropist Evren Ucok has committed over $5 million in just three years to transform the global chess ecosystem.