The footballer has founded, together with Norwegian businessman Morten Borge, the company Chess Mates, which will become the majority shareholder of Norway Chess. …
GMs Pranesh M and Yu Yangyi qualified for the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs through Play-In 2 on Wednesday. Pranesh advanced directly by having better tiebreaks than GM Wesley So, the only other player to finish on 7.5/9. Yu, who finished the …
GMs Fabiano Caruana and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus have added their names to the $50,000 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz this July, joining an already spectacular lineup that includes GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Javokhir Sindarov, Hans Niemann,…
GM Wesley So leads Norway Chess 2026 after round seven, with GM Alireza Firouzja 2.5 points behind. World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju achieved a winning position against So but couldn’t see it through in the classical game; despite winning the armag…
24-year-old Indian star GM Vaishali Rameshbabu will play Chinese GM Ju Wenjun for the women’s world championship title after clinching the 2026 FIDE Women’s Candidates with a final-round win over GM Kateryna Lagno. GM Bibisara Assaubayeva could ha…