Topalov's Clutch Chess Lead Echoes His Old Kasparov Duels
Garry Kasparov has spent much of his post-retirement career being the one who makes other legends sweat. On the first day of the 2026 Clutch Chess: The…
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Why Carlsen and Caruana Signing On Matters More Than the Format
The headline from Budapest is the format: a pilot event blending fast classical, rapid, and blitz into something called "Total Chess." But the more telling…
Who Actually Profits From .chess? Unpacking the FIDE–World Chess Domain Deal
Buried in the celebratory language about chess finally getting "its own place on the internet" is a straightforward commercial arrangement worth examining:…
Why Kramnik's Legal Defeat Over the Naroditsky Article Matters More Than It Looks
An Amsterdam court has thrown out Vladimir Kramnik's lawsuit against New In Chess, ruling that the Dutch magazine's article accusing the former world champion…
Barcelona's Sants Open and a Romanian Rapid Lead Europe's August Field
August's tournament calendar in Europe was topped, by registration numbers at least, by a rapid event in Transylvania rather than one of the continent's…
How Anna Muzychuk Went From Boycotting Saudi Arabia to Booking a Spot in Saint-Tropez
Bibisara Assaubayeva and Anna Muzychuk have punched their tickets to the 2026 WR Women's Chess Tour Grand Final by winning the tour's European leg in…
Vereslav Eingorn and the Odesa Chess Lineage He Leaves Behind
FIDE announced this week that Vereslav Eingorn, the Ukrainian grandmaster, coach and author, has died at 69. He was born on 23 November 1956 in Odesa, then…
FIDE's Youth Championships Get New Numbers: What the U7-U17 Shift Really Means
FIDE and the Spanish Chess Federation have opened registration for the FIDE World Youth Chess Championships, inviting national federations to send players in…
September 2026 in European Chess: Craiova Leads a Crowded Continental Calendar
Europe's tournament calendar keeps rolling into autumn, with 392 events tracked across the continent for September 2026. The list spans everything from…
Carlsen's Perfect Paris Run Shows Where Chess Money Is Actually Growing
Magnus Carlsen didn't just win the Chess Esports World Cup in Paris again, he did it without dropping a single game across the entire event. In the final, he…