Magnus Carlsen shared his plans for the 2026 season at the World Rapid & Blitz closing press conference on December 30, noting his tournament list will be similar to his 2025 calendar. Magnus plans t…
December 31, 2025
GM Vincent Keymer scored 10 points with 9 wins and 2 draws to win Titled Tuesday on December 30. Runner-up Jan-Krzysztof Duda won 9 times and lost twice, which led him to finish second with 9 points.
December 30, 2025
The second and final day of the FIDE World Blitz Championship in Doha has concluded. Magnus Carlsen defeated Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the final, scoring 2.5 points. Fabiano Caruana and Arjun Erigaisi…
The second and final day of the FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship in Doha has concluded. Bibisara Assaubayeva defeated Anna Muzychuk in the final, scoring 2.5 points. Eline Roebers and Zhu Jiner …
Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik filed a lawsuit against FIDE (Registered in Lausanne, Switzerland) in a Swiss civil court, seeking financial compensation. Kramnik initiated legal proceedings i…
Magnus Carlsen struck the table after losing his game to Arjun Erigaisi in round 9 of the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025. The arbiter for that game, Chris Bird, explained Magnus's actions in an X…
Fabiano Caruana discussed his victory over Magnus Carlsen and his goals for the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 in a December 29 interview with Lichess. The World No. 3 commented on winning after …
Daniil Dubov shared his strategy for saving energy throughout the day at the World Blitz Championship in an interview with FIDE on December 29. Daniil Dubov noted he uses draws when necessary and exp…
The first day of the FIDE World Blitz Championship in Doha has concluded. After 13 rounds, three players share the lead with 10 points each, with Arjun Erigaisi leading on tiebreaks.
December 29, 2025
The first day of the FIDE Women’s World Blitz Championship in Doha has concluded. After ten rounds, IM Eline Roebers leads with 8.5 points, while three players share second place on 8 points each via…
Magnus Carlsen named 14-year-old Turkish GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus the best player in his age group in an interview with NRK during the FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025.
GM Daniil Dubov shared his thoughts on Chess.com's Titled Tuesday tournaments in an interview on the Chess Ray YouTube channel on December 28. Dubov explained that he previously played the tournament…
12-year-old Russian FM Sergey Sklokin participated in the FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 and scored 5 wins and 4 draws to finish the tournament in 90th place with 7/13 points. As a result of his …
GM Vladislav Artemiev led the FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025 and held 6.5 points through seven rounds. He drew his final six tournament games, with his game against Javokhir Sindarov ending after…
The third and final day of the FIDE World Rapid Championship in Doha has concluded. After 13 rounds, Magnus Carlsen scored 9 wins and 3 draws to win the tournament with 10.5 points. Magnus Carlsen is…
December 28, 2025
The third and final day of the FIDE Women's World Rapid Championship in Doha has concluded. After 11 rounds, Aleksandra Goryachkina scored 6 wins and 3 draws, and then scored 1.5/2 points in a tiebre…
12-years-old Argentinian IM Faustino Oro, is eleven Elo-points away from becoming the youngest ever player to achieve a 2500 FIDE Rapid rating. To break this record, Oro must maintain his accumulated…
On a Kick stream, Hikaru Nakamura expressed surprise at Anish Giri's disappointment regarding Magnus Carlsen’s Candidates 2026 predictions. Hikaru tells Giri to not be concerned by Magnus’s words, as…
The second day of the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Championship in Doha has concluded. After four rounds, two players share the lead with 6.5 points each, with Zhu Jiner leading on tiebreaks.
December 27, 2025
The second day of the FIDE World Rapid Championship in Doha has concluded. After four rounds, two players share the lead with 7.5 points each, with Vladislav Artemiev leading on tiebreaks.
