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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Prize funds, sponsorship, and where the money in chess is actually moving.
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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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…