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GM Parham Maghsoodloo won the first two 3 0 Thursday tournaments on October 15, the first player to win consecutive events since GM Jose Martinez did it in back-to-back weeks in March and April. Maghs...
Leaderboard Logjam after U.S. Championships Round 6 JJ Lang Fri, 10/16/2026 - 11:14 An eventful Thursday saw two more players join the share of first place in both the 2026 U.S. Championship and the U...
The 41st European Chess Club Cup and the 30th European Chess Club Cup for Women is set to kick off in Budva, Montenegro! The event will be played in Hotel Slovenska Plaza, from 17th October to 23rd Oc...
Both tournaments are wide open after six decisive games on Thursday. Four players lead the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship: GMs Wesley So, Andy Woodward, Fabiano Caruana, and Awonder Liang. Caruana score...
FIDE, in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates Chess Federation and Al Ain Chess & Mind Games Club, invites all FIDE member federations to participate in the World Junior U20 Rapid and Blitz Champ...
Mexico claimed title in the men’s category, while India earned double gold, winning women’s and youth sections. The 6th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners concluded on Oct...
The last two league champions, Saint Louis University (SLU) and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), are the two undefeated teams after two matches each in the 2026 fall season of the Collegiate C...
Round 5: Teen Takeover at U.S. Championships JJ Lang Thu, 10/15/2026 - 11:36 After a day off, players were ready to fight, and the 2026 U.S. Championships delivered eight decisive results on Wednesday...
On October 15, the grand opening of three Chess Houses took place in Shymkent, the third largest city in Kazakhstan by population. The new spaces were established in Abay Park, Metallurgists Park, and...
In the Club: Notes from St. Louis JJ Lang Wed, 10/14/2026 - 13:47 Editor's Note: Chess Life and Chess Life Online Editor John Hartmann made it to St. Louis for the first two rounds of the 2026 U.S. Ch...
The European Senior Team Chess Championship 2027 will take place from 23 April – 3 May in Acqui Terme, Italy. The event will be played in two age categories: 50+ and 65+, open and women’s sections...
The 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad took place from 15-27 September in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan won the Open section of the 2026 Chess Olympiad on home soil in Samarkand, claiming their second Olymp...
With its landmark 30th season approaching, TCEC is set to enter a new chapter in its history, with the Swiss competition taking center stage as the first major event of the season. The milestone seaso...
Bodhana Sivanandan crowned Britain’s youngest-ever Women’s champion at 11 years old. Records tumbled at the biggest-ever British Chess Championships as the nine-day event in Coventry ended with tw...
Grandmaster (GM) Praggnanandhaa won his first Rapid & Blitz title at the 2026 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club as the first U.S. leg of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT). The I...