Indian stand-up comedian Samay Raina discussed the Global Chess League on a stream with Sagar Shah. Samay questions the weak promotion of GCL, and suggests ways to increase the event's popularity.
September 02, 2026
Hans Moke Niemann shared his opinion on Ian Nepomniachtchi's comment about Aaron Mendes. Niemann says that FIDE must punish players for insinuations, and calls not to defame fellow chess players.
Anish Giri shared his thoughts on playing with Magnus Carlsen at the Global Chess League 2026. Giri says that in the last tournament Carlsen started playing efficiently, and predicts a plus score for…
14-year-old Canadian IM Aaron Mendes defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi at the Titled Tuesday on September 1. Nepo commented on Aaron's moves on his stream during the event. Nepo considers one of Aaron's mo…
Viswanathan Anand explained why he joined Timur Turlov's team for the FIDE Presidential elections 2026. Vishy calls Turlov an extremely successful entrepreneur, and notes the importance of Timur's ai…
Vladimir Kramnik commented on the result of the court hearing between him and New in Chess (NiC) on X. Kramnik states that he plans to file an appeal, and believes that the decision contains conceptu…
FIDE and World Chess announced their application for the .chess domain extension. ICANN opened the opportunity to create new domain extensions for the first time since 2012.
September 01, 2026
Hans Moke Niemann scored 10 points with 9 wins and 2 draws to win the Titled Tuesday on September 1. Niemann overtook Jan-Krzysztof Duda by Tiebreak points and prevented him from winning the Perfect …
Anish Giri spoke about the creation of the ChessMonitor platform in an interview with Sagar Shah. Giri says that the goal was to build a platform with automatic synchronization of tournament games in…
Vladimir Kramnik commented on the New in Chess's (NiC) statement about the result of the court hearing between them. Kramnik believes that the judge sided with NiC. Vladimir states that he is almost …
Former Executive Director of the Chess Federation of Russia, Mark Glukhovsky, commented on a video published on X with his monologue. Glukhovsky states the recording was made illegally and edited wit…
Chess publisher New in Chess (NiC) announced the result of the court hearing between them and Vladimir Kramnik. NiC's lawyer reported that the Dutch court decided to dismiss Kramnik's claims on Septe…
The European Chess Union (ECU) announced the creation of the European Chess Superleague. The inaugural edition will be held in Bucharest, Romania, from February 2 to 10, 2027.
August 31, 2026
The second and final day of the Green Hills Resort Masters 2026 in Uzbekistan has concluded. After 14 rounds, Nodirbek Yakubboev scored 7 wins and 4 draws. He won the tournament with a total of 15/21…
Praggnanandhaa R spoke about his coach Vaibhav Suri at the Grand Chess Tour 2026 Finals. Pragg says that Vaibhav worked a lot, and notes the difficulties due to the time zone difference. Pragg shared…
Celebrity chef Suresh Pillai organized and cooked a dinner for Viswanathan Anand and Gukesh Dommaraju. The event for the World Champions took place at Vishy's home in August.
President of the German Chess Federation (DSB), Paul Meyer-Dunker, shared his thoughts on chess in Germany in an interview with ChessBase India. Paul believes that Germany lacks confidence in present…
15th World Champion Viswanathan Anand commented on the performance of Praggnanandhaa R in an interview with The Times of India. Vishy calls Pragg the best player in the world at the moment, and notes…
Magnus Carlsen created the world's best player based on chess skills in a video on the Chess Flash YouTube channel. Carlsen selected several elite players, and chose himself in some of the characteri…
August 30, 2026
Journalist and former FIDE Executive David Llada shared how he met Alireza Firouzja in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Llada and Firouzja met at the 2026 Sofia Cup: Balkan Rapid & Blitz Championships.
August 29, 2026
