IM Roman Shogdzhiev has become the youngest player in chess history to score a grandmaster norm, breaking a record that had stood since 2008. The 11-year-old Russian remained undefeated against the six grandmasters he faced and scored an impressi…
History was made when IM Faustino Oro sealed his final grandmaster norm with a round to spare at the Sardinia World Chess Festival in Italy on Saturday. The Argentinian “Messi of Chess” becomes the second-youngest player ever to earn the title.
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All eight games were drawn in round two of the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament and 2026 FIDE Women’s Candidates. In the open tournament, the standings remain unchanged with GMs Fabiano Caruana, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, and Javokhir Sindaro…
ALMERÍA, 26 (EUROPA PRESS) Los campeonatos de España de Ajedrez en las categorías sub-8 a sub-16 reunirán del 2 al 30 de julio a más de 850 jóvenes ajedrecistas de toda España en el Hotel Envía Golf d …
GM Vladimir Kramnik has lost his lawsuit against Dutch chess magazine New In Chess over an article that accused the former world champion of cyberbullying GM Daniel Naroditsky. An Amsterdam court ruled that the article was not unlawful, rejected a…