Salesforce's FIDE Deal Is a Software Sale With a Chessboard Attached
FIDE just landed the kind of sponsor that most sports federations spend years chasing, and the announcement is worth reading past the press-release enthusiasm.…
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FIDE's New Athletes Commission Echoes the IOC's Playbook
FIDE has opened the call for candidates for the upcoming elections to its Athletes Commission, a body meant to give players a formal seat at the table when the…
Nigel Short's Last Continent Is Antarctica
Nigel Short has spent more than four decades collecting chess milestones, but until now, one gap remained on his personal map. This Antarctic summer, six…
Carlsen's Escape Extends Old Nepomniachtchi Pattern
Magnus Carlsen needed an escape act to keep his Global Chess League team perfect, and the man on the other side of the board was the opponent who has given him…
Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi Meet Again, but This Time Board Six Matters More Than They Do
The last time Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi sat across a board with real stakes attached, it ended with a five-hour, 136-move slog in Dubai that broke…
Deekshitha's Record Gain Shows How Fast the FIDE Rating List Can Move
The September FIDE rating list carries the usual reshuffling at the top. Wesley So is back in the world top 5 for the first time in nearly four years, off a…
The Torch Passes Again: Sindarov's Win Over Anand Echoes a Familiar Chess Story
Javokhir Sindarov's opening day at the 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League produced one of those results that chess fans have seen before, just with the…
Hans Niemann's Return to the Chess.com Broadcast Comes With a Trophy Attached
Hans Niemann has never done anything the easy way, and his latest Titled Tuesday win fits the pattern perfectly. On September 1, he snatched the title away…
Behind FIDE's Dry Meeting Minutes: A Federation Wrestling With Its Own Politics
Most FIDE Council meeting reports read like tax filings: a list of numbered resolutions, terse and bloodless. But the minutes from the 2nd FIDE Council Meeting…
Caruana's Italian Job: An Old Opening Finds New Teeth in the Grand Chess Tour Finals
Fabiano Caruana didn't need a novelty from the computer age to take the first game of his 2026 Grand Chess Tour Finals title match against Praggnanandhaa…
What a $400 First Prize Says About Bullet Chess's Economics
Jeffery Xiong successfully defended his Bullet Brawl title on Saturday, taking home the $400 first prize after a tense finish that saw him post 162 points and…