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Sindarov's Last Tournament Before the Match Begins on October 27

Sindarov's Last Tournament Before the Match Begins on October 27

The Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown 2026 begins tomorrow at the Saint Louis Chess Club in Missouri, USA. The event runs from October 27 to 29. First matches start at 5:00 PM UTC. The tournament feat…

Bodhana Sivanandan Becomes the Youngest Female IM in History — Earlier Than Gukesh

Bodhana Sivanandan Becomes the Youngest Female IM in History — Earlier Than Gukesh

Bodhana Sivanandan completed her final IM norm at the European Women's Chess Club Cup. Bodhana became the youngest female chess player to achieve the International Master title. Sivanandan overtook J…

"We must admit that the title of Grandmaster has experienced inflation..." — Garry Kasparov

"We must admit that the title of Grandmaster has experienced inflation..." — Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov shared his opinion on the Grandmaster title in an interview with Sport in Antwerpen. Kasparov believes that the highest FIDE title has experienced inflation. Garry notes that he does n…

Vladimir Kramnik Launched a Chess Telegram Channel — "The goal is to inform subscribers about the real state of affairs..."

Vladimir Kramnik Launched a Chess Telegram Channel — "The goal is to inform subscribers about the real state of affairs..."

14th World Champion Vladimir Kramnik started a personal chess-related Telegram channel. Kramnik says that he created the channel at the request of friends. Vladimir names the goal of the channel as i…

Rook Review and ChessEver announce partnership

Rook Review and ChessEver announce partnership

Rook Review has partnered with ChessEver, the mobile platform for following live chess tournaments. Readers can follow live games, check past results and discover upcoming tournaments on rookreview.c…

"Hikaru is definitely not the best online Blitz player in the world. Magnus is still just far away best" — Olexandr Bortnyk

"Hikaru is definitely not the best online Blitz player in the world. Magnus is still just far away best" — Olexandr Bortnyk

Olexandr Bortnyk shared his opinion on Hikaru Nakamura in an interview with Chess with Mustreader. Bortnyk believes that Nakamura is not the best online Blitz player. Olexandr notes that Magnus is th…

"Sindarov is the favorite right now. Prediction markets give 70% for Javokhir to win the match" — Timur Turlov

"Sindarov is the favorite right now. Prediction markets give 70% for Javokhir to win the match" — Timur Turlov

Timur Turlov shared his opinion on the FIDE World Championship 2026 in an interview on the Jibek Joly TV channel. Turlov calls Javokhir Sindarov the favorite and cites data from a prediction market. …

Hans Niemann Wins Freestyle Friday with 9 Points on October 23

Hans Niemann Wins Freestyle Friday with 9 Points on October 23

Hans Moke Niemann scored 8 victories and 2 draws to win the October 23 Freestyle Friday tournament with 9/11 points. Runner-up Sina Movahed won 8 times, drew 2 times, and lost once, which led him to …

Lichess Ends Its Boycott of US Chess

Lichess Ends Its Boycott of US Chess

Lichess announced the resumption of cooperation with US Chess. The chess platform explains that they are satisfied with the changes made in the federation. Lichess notes that US Chess made changes to…

Nakamura, Caruana, and Maghsoodloo Won Their 3 0 Thursdays on October 22

Nakamura, Caruana, and Maghsoodloo Won Their 3 0 Thursdays on October 22

Hikaru Nakamura scored 9 points with 8 victories and 2 draws to win the First 3 0 Thursday on October 22. Fabiano Caruana and Parham Maghsoodloo both scored 9.5 points to win the Second and Third 3 0…

"You can hardly beat Gukesh. That’s why I give him slightly more chances" — Garry Kasparov

"You can hardly beat Gukesh. That’s why I give him slightly more chances" — Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov shared his opinion on the FIDE World Championship 2026 in an interview with Sport in Antwerpen. Kasparov says that Gukesh Dommaraju is hard to beat, and gives him more chances to win. …

"My Rapid play this year has been pretty bad... I've lost about 90 points in a year" — Fabiano Caruana

"My Rapid play this year has been pretty bad... I've lost about 90 points in a year" — Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Caruana commented on his performance in the playoff at the US Chess Championship 2026. Caruana says that his Rapid play has significantly worsened over the past year. Fabiano notes that he wa…

"I was really on my last breath. I was literally seeing 10 pawns for Black..." — Wesley So on the US Championship

"I was really on my last breath. I was literally seeing 10 pawns for Black..." — Wesley So on the US Championship

Wesley So commented on his performance at the US Chess Championship 2026. Wesley says that he was very tired in the playoff. He notes that players made a lot of Blunders during the event.

"This has to be an absolute heartbreak for Fabi..." — Hikaru Nakamura on the US Championship

"This has to be an absolute heartbreak for Fabi..." — Hikaru Nakamura on the US Championship

Hikaru Nakamura commented on the result of the US Chess Championship 2026 playoff. Nakamura says Wesley So was simply better prepared. Hikaru notes that Fabiano Caruana could not beat Bobby Fischer's…

Wesley So Wins US Chess Championship 2026

Wesley So Wins US Chess Championship 2026

The 12th and final day of the US Chess Championship 2026 in Saint Louis has concluded. After 11 rounds, Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana finished tied at the top with 7 points each. The first Rapid game…

Lionel Messi Plays Chess with ChatGPT — New Ad from OpenAI

Lionel Messi Plays Chess with ChatGPT — New Ad from OpenAI

Soccer player Lionel Messi posted a chess-themed video on his Instagram. The video is an advertisement for a new version of ChatGPT.

"I kind of figured out Wesley's little ideas in Classical..." — Sam Sevian on Defeating Wesley So

"I kind of figured out Wesley's little ideas in Classical..." — Sam Sevian on Defeating Wesley So

Sam Sevian commented on his victory over Wesley So in the last round of the US Chess Championships 2026. Sevian says that he was ready to fight in every game of the tournament. Sam notes that he foun…

"This is an absolute disaster of a tournament for Niemann..." — Hikaru Nakamura

"This is an absolute disaster of a tournament for Niemann..." — Hikaru Nakamura

Hikaru Nakamura commented on Hans Moke Niemann's performance at the US Chess Championships 2026. Nakamura calls Niemann's play at the event a disaster. Hikaru notes that Hans dropped out of the 2700 …

Hans Niemann Drops Out of the 2700 Club

Hans Niemann Drops Out of the 2700 Club

Hans Moke Niemann finished the US Chess Championships 2026 in Saint Louis on October 21. Niemann's Classical rating dropped below 2700 for the first time since June 2024.

Last-Placed Sam Sevian Forces Wesley So into a Playoff — US Championship Day 11

Last-Placed Sam Sevian Forces Wesley So into a Playoff — US Championship Day 11

The 11th day of the US Chess Championships 2026 in Saint Louis has concluded. After 11 rounds, Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana are tied for first place. They will play a Rapid playoff on October 22.

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