IM Quoc Hy Nguyen, GM Parham Maghsoodloo, and GM Alexander Grischuk won titles in the 3|0 Thursday tournaments on October 1.

Russian authorities have filed a lawsuit seeking to seize the assets of billionaire businessman and newly elected FIDE President Timur Turlov, accusing him of financing Ukrainian organizations opposing Russia’s military operations.

Freestyle Friday has resumed on Chess.com, with the remaining weekly tournaments leading up to the December knockout finals

Nihal Sarin and Mukhiddin Madaminov left Samarkand with medals from opposite ends of the podium, Sarin with silver on India's Open team, both credited something you don't usually hear top players bring up unprompted: time spent gaming instead of studying chess.

FIDE's official rundown of the General Assembly's decisions reads, on its face, like routine housekeeping: a president and deputy seated, four vice presidents elected, five more nominated, a treasurer confirmed, a new Chess960 rating system approved, a bilingual English-French name adopted for the federation itself.

The European Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 saw intense competition and camaraderie on its third day in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia.

The International Scientific Conference "Theory and Practice of Chess Education" took place in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia, from October 1-2, 2026.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has an opinion on whether Timur Turlov should be FIDE president, and it isn't a kind one. "Turlov, like Dvorkovich, had no right to be elected," the former FIDE president said.

The European Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 saw intense competition on Day 2, with several teams vying for top spots in the standings.

The headline result from Chess.com's first Chess Club Showdown is that 9z Globant beat Team Liquid in the finals. The result everyone is talking about instead is that a Bulgarian streamer calling himself Witty Alien beat Magnus Carlsen, then celebrated by taking his pants off on stream.

GM Wesley So won the first Titled Tuesday of 2026 with 9.5 points

GM Judit Polgar scores 3.5-1.5 in simultaneous display at Global Chess Festival

The Immortal Game, played between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky in 1851, remains one of the most famous and influential chess games of all time.

Garry Kasparov, the exiled Russian chess champion and outspoken Putin critic, has reportedly been warned by U.S. authorities that he is the target of an alleged Kremlin-linked assassination plot in the United States.

The 2026 FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship brings together school teams from across Europe in Armenia for an eight-round competition combining international chess, teamwork and cultural exchange.

According to EL PAÍS, three of four Afghan chess players who secretly traveled to compete in the 2026 Chess Olympiad have been detained in Kabul after returning home and face an uncertain fate under Taliban rule.

The Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot has finalized its 24-player field with top grandmasters

Amid everything else that happened at the 46th Olympiad, an 11-year-old from Harrow quietly became the youngest Woman Grandmaster the sport has ever produced.

Two days after losing the runoff, Wadim Rosenstein has confirmed he's taken his challenge to Timur Turlov's eligibility to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

Dmitry Peskov congratulated Timur Turlov on winning the FIDE presidency this weekend.

Team gold gets the headlines, but the Olympiad hands out individual board medals too, and this year's crop tells its own story about who carried their teams through eleven rounds in Samarkand.

One day after delegates handed Timur Turlov the FIDE presidency with plenty of pomp attached, Sunday's follow-up session of the General Assembly couldn't even get started

China has won the Women's section of the 46th Chess Olympiad, beating Vietnam 3-1 in the final round to finish two points clear of the field.

Uzbekistan has won the Open section of the 46th Chess Olympiad!

A day after losing the FIDE presidential runoff 110 to 85, Wadim Rosenstein published a statement that read far more like the opening of a legal challenge than a gracious exit.

Buried outside the top 15 of the women's crosstable in Samarkand, Sri Lanka's team is on course for a medal that has nothing to do with beating China or India.

Timur Turlov is the next president of FIDE. In Saturday's runoff in Samarkand, delegates gave him 110 votes to Wadim Rosenstein's 85.

FIDE's presidential election didn't end on the first ballot. With 192 votes cast in Samarkand on Saturday, Timur Turlov topped the field with 96, Wadim Rosenstein took 76, and Jan Henric Buettner trailed with 20. None of the three tickets cleared the majority needed to win outright, so the congress moves to a second round between the top two finishers: Turlov and Rosenstein.

Two rounds from the finish in Samarkand, the Olympiad has a single leader again. Uzbekistan beat the United States 2.5-1.5 on Thursday, and with Germany losing to India on the next table over, the hosts are alone at the top of the Open section for the first time since the draw that had tied them with Germany in round 8.

Daniel Rensch discussed the Hans Niemann controversy, his role as its perceived “villain,” and Niemann’s Endgame.AI venture in a recent interview with Mustreader.

Bodhana Sivanandan made history by becoming the youngest-ever player to complete the requirements for the Woman Grandmaster title at just 11 years old.

Germany stunned Uzbekistan to reopen the Open title race, while China seized the lead in the Women’s section with three rounds remaining.

Malcolm Pein has published an open letter to European Chess Union delegates and federation presidents calling ECU President Zurab Azmaiparashvili's endorsement of Wadim Rosenstein "unacceptable," and has moved to trigger a formal accountability process against him, one day before FIDE's own presidential vote.

Jan Gustafsson, coaching Germany's Olympiad team, had some fun with the scale of his team's achievement after round eight's headline win over tournament leaders Uzbekistan: Germany has now beaten all three of Uzbekistan's entered teams.

The FIDE Summit in Samarkand highlighted chess as a powerful educational tool, with global initiatives focused on teacher training, school programs, and long-term partnerships to make chess more accessible to children worldwide.

A live Q&A showed Buettner and Turlov offering ambitious, business-driven visions for FIDE, but both left important questions about transparency, accountability, and the risks of concentrating too much influence in a wealthy president unresolved.

El País published an interview with Wadim Rosenstein on September 24, conducted in Samarkand by Leontxo García, two days ahead of the FIDE presidential vote.

Round eight delivered the result the Open section had been building toward since Uzbekistan pulled clear of the field two rounds ago: a loss, its first of the tournament, and a home-soil defeat at that.

An Australian chess player has been denied bail while facing 35 charges, including allegations of stalking and intimidating a female chess streamer.

Wadim Rosenstein has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, seeking an independent review of how FIDE’s existing sanctions rules should be applied consistently in its presidential election.

Round 7 saw Uzbekistan strengthen their lead, while India kept their medal hopes alive and Praggnanandhaa produced the day’s standout win

Elite chess players rely on seconds and preparation teams to gain a competitive edge

Round seven pitted the Open section's top two teams directly against each other, and Uzbekistan didn't blink. Beating China 3-1, the hosts pushed their record to a perfect 7-0-0 and opened up a lead big enough that even a loss next round wouldn't cost them top spot outright.

The Commonwealth Chess Association has partnered with Chessveda to promote and expand digital chess across Commonwealth nations.

Chess News Network obtained a message to FIDE delegates in which Jan Buettner firmly rejects withdrawal rumours and says his ticket remains fully committed to contesting the election.

FIDE's Ethics and Disciplinary Commission has issued its ruling on the ACC election dispute that's run since late July, and the actual decision is more layered than a simple winner and loser.