Some of the world’s highest-ranked and most famous chess players have agreed to compete in a new, fast-paced format event, Checkmate: USA vs. India, near Dallas this October. Current world champion ...

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of a pair of jeans, a direct violation of the International Chess Federation’s ...

Magnus Carlsen continues to dominate the April 2026 Chess.com live ratings, holding the top spot in classical, rapid, and ...

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World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Carlsen ...

The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships is scheduled to begin on Friday (December 26), and all eyes will be on World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. A new generation of super-GMs is expected to rise ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers.On Friday, Carlsen walked ...

Brilliant Chess Academy will celebrate its 20th anniversary by hosting the Brilliant Chess Festival in Hyderabad. The events ...

MOSCOW, December 29. /TASS/. The 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship in New York has ended with the triumph of Russian chess players, about which the West says nothing. Russian players showed ...

AFTER nine gruelling rounds of rapid chess, Candidate Master Sachin Pitamber emerged as the winner of the Readymix Concrete Ltd. 2026 National Rapid Chess ...