Russian GM Denis Lazavik scored 9.5 points with 8 wins and 3 draws to win the First 3 0 Thursday on January 8. Serbian GM Alexey Sarana scored 9.5 points with 8 wins and 3 draws to win the Second 3 0…
January 09, 2026
The third and final day of the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Women's Rapid in Kolkata has concluded. After nine rounds, Kateryna Lagno scored 4 wins and 5 draws to win the tournament with 6.5 points.…
The third and final day of the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Open Rapid in Kolkata has concluded. After nine rounds, Nihal Sarin scored 5 wins and 3 draws to win the tournament with 6.5 points. Nihal…
Chess content creators IM Levy Rozman and IM Julien Song will play a match from January 15 to 18.
January 08, 2026
Hikaru Nakamura has declined his slot to participate in the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship. Hikaru shared his thoughts on the event and explained his reason for declining. The streamer highl…
The second day of the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Women's Rapid in Kolkata has concluded. After six rounds, GM Kateryna Lagno scored 3 wins and 3 draws and leads the tournament with 4.5 points. Kat…
The second day of the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Open Rapid in Kolkata has concluded. After six rounds, two players share the lead with 4.5 points each, with Viswanathan Anand leading on tiebreaks.
Freestyle Chess co-founder and CEO Jan Henric Buettner discussed the merger of FIDE and Freestyle Chess in an interview on the ChessBase India YouTube channel on January 8. He detailed the journey fr…
Sportsbook operator Betby has announced a series of on-stage events with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Levy Rozman in Barcelona on January 20. Magnus and Hikaru will play an exhibition blindfo…
January 07, 2026
The first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship will be held in Weissenhaus, Germany, from February 13 to 15, 2026. The event is governed by FIDE in collaboration with Freestyle Chess Oper…
Andrea and Alexandra Botez with Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi, and R Praggnanandhaa created a tier list of Indian national foods from C to S on the BotezLive YouTube channel on January 3. During the…
The first day of the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Open Rapid in Kolkata has concluded. After three rounds, two players share the lead with 2.5 points each, with Viswanathan Anand leading on tiebreak…
The first day of the Tata Steel Chess India 2026 — Women's Rapid in Kolkata has concluded. After three rounds, IM Carissa Yip scored 2 wins and 1 draw and leads the tournament with 2.5 points. Cariss…
Magnus Carlsen scored 9.5 points with 9 wins and 1 draw to win Titled Tuesday on January 6. Runner-up Vincent Keymer won 9 times, drew once and lost once, which led him to finish second with 9.5 poin…
January 06, 2026
Twelve-year-old IM Faustino Oro played his first over-the-board game with Magnus Carlsen at the Take Take Take studio on January 6. The official Take Take Take X account posted a photo and video wher…
The Tata Steel Chess India 2026 starts tomorrow in Kolkata, India, running from January 7-11. First matches begin at 9:30 UTC. The Open and Women’s tournaments feature a combined $83,000 prize fund. …
American GM and popular streamer Hikaru Nakamura commented on his FIDE rating-based qualification for the 2026 Candidates Tournament in an interview with Reuters.com on January 6. He described this m…
Sixteen players have secured invitations to the 2026 Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot on January 6. The field includes reigning World Champions, medalists from the 2025 World Rapid and Blitz…
Popular chess content creator IM Levy Rozman shared his opinion on the World Chess Championship prize fund in an interview on the YouTube channel Prakhar Gupta. Rozman also mentioned S-Tier tournamen…
Early registration for the 2026 Charlotte Open closes on January 6. Final registration closes 75 minutes before round 1 on January 17.
January 05, 2026
