Two young rookie stars took centre stage as the elite Chessable Masters e-sports chess event kicked off today. The world’s youngest grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra scored his first win over a top 10 player on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour aged just 13 as he racked up an impressive 6/12. Mishra is ranked just 459 in […]

Today, May 19, 2022, is a historical day for Georgian chess. The Ministry of Education Mikhail Chkhenkeli has announced that starting with the next school year, chess will be a mandatory subject for first-grade students in the country. It will apply to all the 2,200 schools in Georgia, both public and private. The plan aims […]

The second leg of the Grand Chess Tour, Superbet Rapid and Blitz in Poland, kicked off yesterday, May 18th in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. The opening ceremony was kicked-off with a solo violin performance followed by a drawing of lots, where each player picked up his starting numbers […]

Men’s Health, the world’s largest men’s magazine with 35 editions in 59 countries, yesterday published an article giving answers to how fit you really need to be to sit still and move pawns around. (scroll down for the full text) The Workout Bucket List book featuring a collection of exercises states that you need to […]

The 2nd leg of the Romanian Grand Prix 2022 will take place from 4-11 June in Targu Mures. Read more: Baadur Jobava wins 1st Romanian Grand Prix event / Romanian Grand Prix 2022 – Basic information The city of Targu Mures will simultaneously host two tournaments: A (part of the Romanian Grand Prix for players […]

The series of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 events continues from 17-24 May with the Grand Chess Tour Poland 2022 in Warsaw.  The Rapid part of the championship is played from 19-21 May and the Blitz part will take place on 22-23 May. The games will be broadcasted live on Chessdom.com. Pairings & Timetable / All information about the […]

Chessable English Championship and Chessable English Women’s Championship 2022 take place on 19th-22nd May 2022 in Kenilworth. Two weeks earlier, the English Chess Federation announced National Champions among Seniors and the series of National competitions continue today with Open and Women’s events. The Open event attracted 33 entries and the top seeds are: GM Mark […]

The series of the Grand Chess Tour 2022 events continues from 17-24 May with the Grand Chess Tour Poland 2022 in Warsaw.  Ten players will compete for the total prize fund of 175.000$, playing 9 Rapid games (round robin system) and 18 Blitz games (double round robin system). The time control of Rapid games will be 25 minutes […]

Susan Polgar started playing chess in her early childhood. At the age of 4, she won the first chess tournament. 11 years later, at the age of 15, Susan Polgar became the top-ranked female player in the World, winning the Women’s World Champion crown in 1996. Tending to break gender barriers in chess, Susan Polgar […]

The 2022-2023 series of Women’s Grand Prix tournaments features four events which will be held between August 2022 and June 2023. The schedule and dates framework is as followed: 1st WGP event: August – September 2022; 2nd WGP event: October – December 2022; 3rd WGP event: January – March 2023; 4th WGP event: April – […]

After returning from the April holidays, the students of the Roger-Martin-du-Gard college in Belleme, west France, were able to take advantage of the gift offered by the socio-educational center – a giant chessboard painted on the floor of the school playground! As part of the school project that aims to develop all students’ academic ambition, […]

The 79th LOTTO Polish Championship and the 74th Polish Women’s Chess Championship simultaneously take place in Kruszwica, from 9-17 May 2022. The Open section event was played as a 16 players knockout tournament, with Radoslaw Wojtaszek and Kacper Piorun proceeding to the finals. The final match of two games started with a quick draw after only 16 moves but the...

The award named after Serbian grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric was established by FIDE in 2012. FIDE General Assembly in 2012 has accepted the proposal of the Serbian Chess Federation to establish the award for fair play which would be named after the legendary Svetozar Gligoric who passed away earlier that year. The FIDE Presidental Board decided […]