French national team player Etienne Bacrot shared his thoughts on his team's chances at the Chess Olympiad 2026. Bacrot says that his team is limited without Alireza Firouzja. Bacrot spoke about it i…
September 07, 2026
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus commented on his goal to reach 2900 points in Classical rating. Erdogmus says he does not feel pressure from the goal, and notes that Magnus Carlsen could not reach 2900.
The 3rd day of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 in India has concluded. Magnus Carlsen's team, Alpine APL Pipers, leads the event with 9 points. Alpine APL Pipers are 3 points ahead of Maxi…
Alexey Sarana compared chess platforms Chess.com and Lichess.org in an interview with Chess with Mustreader. Sarana says that ping on Lichess is significantly lower than on Chess.com. Alexey notes th…
Magnus Carlsen shared his opinion on modern chess in an interview with Sagar Shah. Carlsen believes that games should be more about intuition and imagination, and notes the importance of the ability …
Hans Moke Niemann shared his opinion on Ian Nepomniachtchi's comment about Aaron Mendes on September 2. Nepo commented on the situation in an interview with The Times of India.
September 06, 2026
Levon Aronian shared his thoughts on his chess career in an interview with The Times of India. Aronian says that he has no regrets, and calls his rise to World No. 2 in the Classical rating a miracle.
September 05, 2026
Peter Heine Nielsen held an interview with Timur Turlov on the Chicken Chess Club YouTube channel. Nielsen asked Turlov several questions about the leaked video with Mark Glukhovsky's monologue.
September 04, 2026
Chess.com and Elon Musk had a discussion about the solvability of chess on X. Chess.com bluntly responded to Elon's statement that chess will be fully solved in the future. Chess.com argued that poss…
Bibisara Assaubayeva participated in media activities ahead of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026. Assaubayeva posted photos from the backstage on her social media, and shared her opinion on …
Denis Lazavik scored 9.5 points with 9 victories and 1 draw to win the First 3 0 Thursday on September 3. Iranian GM Parham Maghsoodloo and Peruvian IM Renato Terry scored 9 and 9.5 points to win the…
Alireza Firouzja spoke about his goal at the Global Chess League 2026. Alireza commented on Magnus Carlsen's statement about him. Firouzja says that he aims to win the event, and notes that he is exc…
Magnus Carlsen spoke about his main goal at the Global Chess League 2026. Carlsen says that he wants to outplay Alireza Firouzja on time. Magnus notes that he did the same at the Esports World Cup 20…
The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 begins tomorrow in Bengaluru, India. The event runs from September 5 to 13. The first matches start at 10:00 AM UTC. The tournament features 36 players from…
Hans Moke Niemann announced a simultaneous exhibition on his X account. The event will take place on September 9 in New York City.
September 03, 2026
Elon Musk shared his opinion on the solvability of chess. Elon believes that the number of sensible move branches is small, and thinks that chess will be fully solved in the future.
Hans Moke Niemann shared his opinion on Ian Nepomniachtchi's comment about Aaron Mendes on September 2. Wesley So commented on the situation in replies to the Niemann’s post on X.
Levon Aronian spoke about his involvement with the Soviet chess school and spoke about chess in Armenia. Aronian discusses his connections with former trainer Garry Kasparov and explains why he chang…
Hikaru Nakamura spoke about how he started trading on the stock market. Nakamura explains that professional chess brought in little money in the 2000s. Hikaru says that poker and the stock market bec…
Alireza Firouzja commented on the Sofia Cup 2026 in an interview on the ChessFam YouTube channel. Firouzja says that he is tired from the number of games in one day, and notes that he likes living in…
