Samarkand's Disability Olympiad Echoes Belgrade's First Steps
The third FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities opened in Samarkand with 41 teams beginning play in Round 1, and the ceremonial first move fell to…
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Samarkand Links Ancient Ivory Pieces to a Modern Milestone
Uzbekistan has spent the last several years turning itself into one of chess's busiest hosts, and this week it added a genuine first. The 3rd FIDE Chess…
FIDE's Education Summit Follows a Familiar Institutional Playbook
FIDE is folding another standalone event into the calendar of the 46th Chess Olympiad. On 24 September 2026, the federation will hold the FIDE Summit on Chess…
GCL's Lead Swings Back to the Gambits on Day 5
The Global Chess League table has a habit of flipping on its head every couple of days, and Wednesday in Bengaluru was no exception. FYERS American Gambits…
A Second's Difference: GCL's Prodigy Board Controversy
The Global Chess League table flipped again on Day 4 in Bengaluru, but the number everyone was talking about afterward was a single second on a chess clock.…
GCL's Wild Day 3: Gambits Fall, Pipers Seize the Lead
Three days into Global Chess League Season 4, the top of the table has already been turned upside down. Monday's round produced the kind of results that make…
Carlsen Returns, But GCL Day One Belongs to Sindarov
Magnus Carlsen walked back into the Global Chess League on Saturday for the first time in a year, and by the end of the night his team, the Alpine APL Pipers,…
Duck Chess Pays in Bragging Rights More Than Dollars, and That's the Point
Edward Khachatryan of Israel needed to beat defending champion IM Nhat Minh To twice in one day to become the 2026 Duck Chess Champion, and he did exactly…
India Used To Have One World-Class Player. Now It Has A Bench.
For most of the last three decades, Indian chess meant one name. Viswanathan Anand carried the country's ambitions almost single-handedly from the early 1990s…
India's Rapid Boom Dominates Asia's Biggest Tournaments in August 2026
August 2026 was a big month for grassroots chess across Asia. Ranking tournaments by registered players tells a clear story: India's district- and state-level…
The Business Case for GCL Season 4: Why Bengaluru, Twice, Makes Financial Sense
Global Chess League returning to India for a second straight season, this time in Bengaluru, is not really a chess decision. It is a market decision, and the…
Eastern Asia's Youngest Players Just Wrote Another Chapter in the Region's Chess Pipeline
The rapid portion of the Eastern Asia Youth Chess Championship 2026 has wrapped up, with new champions crowned across six separate age categories. According to…
September 2026 in Asian Chess: India Dominates a Crowded Calendar
Asia's tournament calendar for September 2026 runs to 263 tracked events, and the numbers we do have point to India as the continent's clear engine room this…