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New Opening Actually DOES Solve All of Local Man’s Problems A local club player decided to learn one more new opening – and to his great surprise, it actually did solve all of his problems. Viswanatha...

Gukesh Discovers That Online Chess Requires a “Mouse” The reigning World Champion came to a stunning revelation yesterday – that he really should buy a mouse for online chess. Gukesh explained after c...

Betting Begins on Baby Carlsen’s Road To GM Betting markets responded positively to the news that Magnus Carlsen will soon become a father, with chess fans already laying bets on how long the baby wil...

6 Month Ban for “Chessboard Killer” After a lengthy trial, the FIDE Ethics Committee has issued the harshest possible punishment against Alexander Pichushkin, the Chessboard Killer. Since 2007 he has ...

FIDE Announces New Senior Category for Players Over 30 In a move that will please many decrepit Grandmasters, FIDE has lowered the requirement for Senior tournaments to 30. This gives these ancient an...

World Champion Rosenstein Destroys Bundesliga Düsseldorfer SK are this year’s Bundesliga champions. Wadim Rosenstein led the team to a stunning victory, outpacing the Baden Baden powerhouse and Magnus...

FIDE Introduces New Rule: Bishops Must Make “Whoosh” Sound As part of a series of sweeping changes to modernise the game, FIDE has announced that it is now mandatory to make a “whoosh” sound whenever ...

Tournament Organiser Announces Stunning New Website With “Useful Information” A new organiser has burst onto the chess scene with a spectacular new idea – a website that includes basic information abo...

Grandmasters Abandon Freestyle: “We miss our Berlins” Freestyle chess is in trouble again, after dozens of Grandmasters return to regular chess to spend more time with their favourite openings. One an...

Ju Wenjun Stuns With Retirement Announcement: Switching to Chessboxing After cruising to victory in her latest World Championship match, Ju Wenjun has shocked the chess world by announcing her immedia...

Kasparov Accuses Deep Blue of Cheating With “Human Assistance” The World Champion has made a shocking accusation against Deep Blue. He believes the unstoppable supercomputer received human assistance ...

Commentators Forced to Pretend 14-1 is a Rivalry Again Commentators have once again been forced to pretend that Carlsen vs Nakamura is the biggest rivalry in chess, whilst quietly ignoring reality. Th...

Chess Personality Test Causes Controversy A fun test called “Which Soviet World Champion Are You?” has left the chess world in uproar – after it turns out none of you people would be Tal. The creator ...

Light-squared Bishops Launch Class Action Suit Against French Players Legal proceedings have begun today, with a group of light-squared bishops launching a class action lawsuit against French defence ...

EXCLUSIVE: ChessBase Not-India Was Secretly Launched In an exclusive Serious Chess News investigation, we discovered a whole chess site was launched in secret… ChessBase Not-India. It appears to be a ...

Scientists Use Gene Editing to Bring Back World Champion In an incredible step forward, scientists have developed innovative gene editing techniques to bring back a previously extinct species – the Ru...

Number Goes Down but Former Top Player Pleads: Buy the Dip A former top player is pleading for tournament organisers to invite him, despite his recent decline. “Form is temporary but class is permanen...

Players UNABLE to Analyse Starting Freestyle Position Freestyle Chess Paris got off to a rocky start when the players were completely unable to analyse the starting position. The opening ceremony went...

Tariffs Affect the Future of US Chess American chess is in turmoil today as the impact of Trump’s tariffs continues to take effect. The longstanding policy of importing talent ( or buying nerds) has b...

Hans Niemann Withdraws From Freestyle Chess After Being Added to the Wrong Group Chat Hans Niemann has dramatically withdrawn from the Freestyle Paris tournament after he was mistakenly added to the g...

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