After a low-key 2025 with few high-ticket events, 2026 will kick off a storm into the next Olympic cycle, as India's best athletes will feature in the Commonwealth Games (23 July to August 02) and the ...

D Gukesh played a major blunder to instantly lose his sixth round game of Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026 to Nodirbek ...

Varun Turaga, 7, is preparing to compete in the world chess championship in 2026. Varun is listed as the second-best player in the U.S. for his age group, according to the US Chess Federation, and is ...

PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Another world chess title will be up for grabs next month after the launch of the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, expanding the sport’s growing elite ...

PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has approved a new global competition set up by Norway Chess that will crown a "World Combined Champion" across three time formats — ...

World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana Wins Fifth U.S. Chess Championship; Carissa Yip Captures Fourth U.S. Women’s Championship Title Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown Caps Off an Unforgettable Month of Chess in ...

As far as chess tournaments go, the Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open are not what you would describe as big-time events. The highest-ranked players from either event last year didn't even ...

An all-Indian World Chess Championship between D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa could bring the showpiece back to India, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Russia's Vladimir Kramnik meets the media during a news conference after the 10th game of the Chess World Championship in ...

Magnus Carlsen had decided against defending his title in the 2023 Classical World Championship after winning it five consecutive times, and has since been critical not just of chess’ showpiece event ...

Nodirbek Abdusattorov has secured the eighth and final spot in the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, to be held in Weissenhaus, Germany, from February 13–15, 2026. Abdusattorov won the official ...