Hans Niemann commented on Ben Finegold's claim that Hans was kicked out of the Saint Louis Chess Club in his youth for using a chess engine to solve puzzles. Hans denies being kicked out at that time…
February 14, 2026
The first day of the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 in Weissenhaus has concluded. After 7 rounds, Magnus Carlsen leads with 4.5 points, while Vincent Keymer is in second place with 4 po…
February 13, 2026
Armenian GM Haik Martirosyan scored 10 wins and 1 draw to win the February 13 Freestyle Friday tournament with 10.5/11 points. Runner-up Reza Mahdavi won 8 times, drew once and lost twice, which led …
Chinese GM Wei Yi made his tier list for the Candidates Tournament participants. Wei noted that Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura have high chances of winning due to their experience in this tourna…
Hikaru Nakamura commented on the conflict over the clash of dates between the Grand Chess Tour and Esports World Cup. Hikaru views the conflict positively and notes that this situation will allow new…
Magnus Carlsen spoke about holding a press conference an hour before the start of the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026. Magnus is frustrated that instead of preparing for the games, playe…
German GM Matthias Bluebaum, Ukrainian GM Oleksandr Bortnyk and Mexican GM Jose Martinez scored 9.5 points with 9 wins and 1 draw to win the First, Second and Third 3 0 Thursday respectively on Febru…
The FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 starts tomorrow in Weissenhaus, Germany, running from February 13 to 15. The championship features 6 players who qualified via the 2025 Freestyle Ches…
February 12, 2026
Chess.com platform published 'The Board Report 2025/Q4' — a comprehensive report on statistics from the fourth quarter of 2025. The report includes metrics such as new player counts, daily active use…
Daniil Dubov and Vladislav Artemiev played an exhibition 2v2 match against former Dota 2 professional player — NS and Dread, in a video on the Team Spirit YouTube channel.
Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi developed two web applications dedicated to improving chess skills. Vidit shared the news about the release on his X account. Gujrathi noted that he 'vibe-coded' these websit…
Chess960 starting positions vary in difficulty by a factor of three, with some configurations demanding significantly more cognitive effort than others.
Fabiano Caruana shared his opinion on Speed Chess tournaments played on computers. Fabiano rejects the comparison of chess to video games and notes the specific features of this format, such as the n…
Sports streaming service DAZN is giving global broadcast coverage to the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026. The news follows the announcement of DAZN’s expanded partnership with Freestyle …
February 11, 2026
Grand Chess Tour organizers released an official statement on the conflict over the clash of dates between the Grand Chess Tour and Esports World Cup. The organizers cited the fact that they announce…
World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana commented on the conflict over the clash of dates between the Grand Chess Tour and Esports World Cup. Fabiano pointed out that the EWC organizers deliberately ignored the …
Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen answered the question of whether Magnus would be Hikaru's second at the Candidates Tournament. Nakamura said it could happen if he were preparing for a match agains…
Hungarian GM Richard Rapport shared his opinion on the Challengers Tournaments. Richard described how players choose their playstyles for different opponents and mentioned Ding Liren's performance in…
Hikaru Nakamura discussed the impact of neural networks on chess preparation in an interview with Anna Cramling. Hikaru pointed to 2017 and 2018 as a turning point and gave an example of the amount o…
The European Union plans to place FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich under an asset freeze and visa ban. He is set to be included in a new sanctions package alongside other Russian public figures from …
February 10, 2026
