Carlsen Wins the Total Chess Blitz Swiss on 7/9, Unbeaten
Magnus Carlsen opened the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot in Budapest by winning the nine-round blitz tiebreaker on 7/9, unbeaten. Maxime…
Kasparov Leans Toward Gukesh, Nakamura and Carlsen Back Sindarov
The Salesforce FIDE World Championship 2026 in Geneva is two weeks away, and the chess world has mostly made up its mind. In a roundup of predictions from Chess.com, most strong players give challenger Javokhir Sindarov the edge, though few go as far as a landslide. The one…
Tata Steel 2027: Abdusattorov and Sindarov Lead a Young Field
The organisers have announced the Masters and Challengers fields for Tata Steel Chess 2027, the 89th edition of the Wijk aan Zee tournament, which runs January…
Toowoomba's Darling Downs Open Heads Oceania's October List
October's most notable Oceania events were almost all classical, and almost all in Australia. The 2026 Byron Capital Darling Downs Open - Premier ran five days…
Mikhail Tal at 90: The Genius Who Gave Away Everything
Mikhail Tal was born in Riga on 9 November 1936, so Monday was his 90th birthday. ChessBase marked it by reprinting a portrait from the magazine Karl, and the…
Weekly Recap: Firouzja Takes Over Online While Geneva Gets Closer
Alireza Firouzja won two online events this week, both ahead of Hikaru Nakamura, and the World Championship match in Geneva kept pulling attention toward late November. Around those two threads, we ran junior titles in Al Ain, open events in Bavaria and Almaty, and a few birthdays and calendar items. Firouzja on the online circuit Hikaru…
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Anuj Shrivatri Becomes India's 100th GM, 38 Years After Anand
India has its 100th grandmaster. IM Anuj Shrivatri, 22, won the 7th ASEAN+ Open Chess Championship in the Philippines on 7/9, finishing alone in first place…
Keymer Among 24 as Total Chess Starts Its Budapest Pilot
The Total Chess pilot tournament in Budapest, running 10 to 20 November, is built to be more than an exhibition. ChessBase walked through the format and…
Sasikiran Wins Bavarian Open as Svane Takes Second on Tiebreak
Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran won the 29th Open International Bavarian Chess Championship in Gmund am Tegernsee, finishing on 7½/9 and taking first place on…
Pranav V Wins the World Junior Blitz Title With 10½ Points
India's Pranav V, already a World Junior Champion in classical chess, has added the blitz crown. At the 2026 FIDE World Junior Blitz Championship in Al Ain, he…