Fabiano Caruana, Javokhir Sindarov, and Arjun Erigaisi estimated the probabilities of various scenarios in the chess world. The grandmasters shared their predictions in a video on the Freestyle Chess…
February 06, 2026
Professional coach Ramesh Ramachandran described the Top-3 Indian players, Praggnanandhaa R, Gukesh D and Arjun Erigaisi. Ramesh described Arjun as a well-rounded player, noted Gukesh's self-confiden…
Iranian GM Parham Maghsoodloo scored 9.5 points with 9 wins and 1 draw to win the First 3 0 Thursday on February 5. Armenian GM Haik Martirosyan scored 10 points with 10 wins and 1 loss to win the Se…
The World Schools Team Championship will implement a new continental qualifying structure for its 2026 edition. The top school team from each continental championship in Africa, the Americas, Asia, a…
February 05, 2026
The Chess at Esports World Cup 2026 will run from August 11-15 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 13 players representing esports teams will participate in the tournament.
The 13th World Champion, Garry Kasparov, shared his thoughts on Judit Polgar's achievements in an interview on the Russian-language YouTube channel. Kasparov noted Polgar's unique abilities and menti…
Fabiano Caruana, Javokhir Sindarov, and Arjun Erigaisi answered a question about Gukesh's chances of successfully defending his World Championship Title in the upcoming Match. The grandmasters shared…
Praggnananda's Couch Indian GM Ramesh R. B. discussed how Indian schools approach areas of study beyond the traditional academics in an interview with Dina Belenkaya. Ramesh explained how their natio…
World champion Gukesh Dommaraju played a simultaneous exhibition event with the Botez sisters and Anna Cramling in a video on the BotezLive YouTube channel.
The newspaper "Voice of Armenia" published an article on the state of the chess discipline in the country. The editors note that Armenia faces a deepening crisis in chess and that many grandmasters h…
February 04, 2026
Film critic Gregory Nussen reviewed the documentary "Queen of Chess" about Judit Polgar at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Gregory criticizes the film for superficial selection of information and it…
Russian GM Andrey Esipenko created a tier list of defenses for the black pieces in a video on the Virtus.pro Chess channel on February 4. Esipenko highlighted the strengths of openings such as the Ca…
Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi shared his views on Turkish GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus training with top-level coaches from a young age. Ian gives the example that he first had a top coach at the age of 30…
Latvian GM Arturs Neiksans explained why he doesn’t participate in online chess tournaments in an interview with Dina Belenkaya on February 4. Arturs noted that online chess differs from over-the-boa…
Uzbek GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov returned to Uzbekistan the day after the conclusion of the Tata Steel Masters. A ceremonial welcome for the grandmasters was held at Tashkent air…
February 03, 2026
French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored 10 points with 9 wins and 2 draws to win Titled Tuesday on February 3. Runner-up Arjun Erigaisi won 9 times, drew once and lost once, which led him to finish s…
India's Third GM Pravin Thipsay reflected on the disappointing performance of Gukesh Dommaraju, Praggnanandhaa R and Arjun Erigaisi at the Tata Steel Masters 2026. Thipsay links their results to an o…
Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi shared his opinion on the deep studying of opening theory in an interview with "Chess with Mustreader" on February 2. Ian notes how useful a good memory in modern chess …
Hikaru Nakamura reacted to recent statements by Magnus Carlsen concerning Gukesh's performances. Hikaru disagreed with the idea that Gukesh has already peaked and noted his belief in a bright future …
Stockfish developers released the new version of the chess engine Stockfish 18 on January 31. According to the developers, in tests against Stockfish 17, the new release brings an Elo gain of up to 4…
February 02, 2026
