GM Pranav Venkatesh overcame losses in the second and fourth rounds in Freestyle Friday on June 12 to win all his other games, take first place outright, and pass GM Oleksandr Bortnyk in the 2026 Freestyle Friday Championship (FFC) standings….
GM Alojzije Jankovic has strongly denied allegations of financial misconduct and called the Croatian Chess Federation’s announcement that it has filed a criminal complaint against its former secretary general an attempt to damage his reputation.
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Kazakh-based investment and technology company Freedom Holding has acquired ChessBase, perhaps the most influential company in chess software and professional training tools over the past three decades. The deal was confirmed in a press release …