World of chess World of chess Learning chess Top players $ $CHSS 2 2026 Championship C Chess Culture C Chess Olympiad 2026 C Chess Politics D Design H Hans Niemann I Ian Nepo I Inside World Chess M Magnus Carlsen P Platform Updates S Scandals S Shopping T The Poll T Total Chess T Tournaments V Video V Vladimir Kramnik W World Chess Championship W World Chess Show W World Chess Weekly World of chess Learning chess Top players $ $CHSS 2 2026 Championship C Chess Culture C Chess Olympiad 2026 C Chess Politics D Design H Hans Niemann I Ian Nepo I Inside World Chess M Magnus Carlsen P Platform Updates S Scandals S Shopping T The Poll T Total Chess T Tournaments V Video V Vladimir Kramnik W World Chess Championship W World Chess Show W World Chess Weekly World of chess Popular The Horrible, Horrible FIDE Presidential Debate I Just Sat Through—Winners And Losers Wednesday 17:58 1 min Chess Is Getting Its Own Home on the Internet: FIDE and World Chess Apply for the .chess Domain Extension 1 Sep 11:52 1 min White Paper: The Proposed Method for Converting Online Ratings Into FIDE Over-the-Board Ratings 13 Aug 08:27 1 min Timur Turlov, The Accidental Candidate 24 Jul 14:12 1 min Chess Is Now a Succession Episode 24 Jul 09:01 1 min Turlov Wants Facial Recognition And AI In FIDE War On Chess Cheating One policy proposal did pop out of the FIDE presidential debate. Yesterday 10:12 1 min FIDE Election 2026: Everything You Need To Know Everything you need to know about the 2026 FIDE election: candidates Timur Turlov, Wadim Rosenstein and Jan Henric Buettner, how voting works, latest standings and election date. Wednesday 18:33 1 min The Horrible, Horrible FIDE Presidential Debate I Just Sat Through—Winners And Losers Wadim Rosenstein promised to be available 24/7, then vanished after four minutes. Timur Turlov talked like a man who has built something. Jan Henric Buettner brought an org chart. Ilya Merenzon on FIDE's first, and worst, presidential debate. Wednesday 17:58 1 min Carlsen–Nepo, Five Years On: World Championship Rivals Meet Again Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi renew one of the defining rivalries of recent chess history on Sunday when they meet at the Global Chess League in Bengaluru. Sunday 15:50 1 min Sindarov: Forget Gukesh's Form—I'm Preparing For The World Champion At His Best The World Championship challenger says Gukesh's recent struggles mean little ahead of their big showdown—and he is preparing to face the defending champion at his very best. 3 Sep 16:28 1 min FIDE Election 2026: The Nations That Can't Vote—And The 13 Still Facing Questions FIDE has published the electoral roll for this month's presidential election. It reveals 13 federations with a complaint or request for further information still pending, and two that definitely cannot vote. 2 Sep 16:48 1 min 18 Candidates, Four Jobs: The Other FIDE Election Race Gets Crowded Forget the three-way battle to become FIDE President. Another extraordinary election is taking place in Samarkand this month, with 18 candidates from around the world fighting for just four elected Vice President positions. 1 Sep 16:20 1 min Chess Is Getting Its Own Home on the Internet: FIDE and World Chess Apply for the .chess Domain Extension The application for the game’s official top-level domain has been submitted to ICANN — the first chance in over a decade to create one. If approved, every federation, club, tournament and titled player will be able to carry a verified domain name ending in .chess. 1 Sep 11:52 1 min Somebody Finally Bugged a Chess Official. Chess Politics Has Made It to the Big Leagues. Twenty-six days before the FIDE election, a secretly taped private conversation hit the internet. The target filed a police report — but first, he joined X. 1 Sep 06:31 1 min Total Chess 2026: Everything You Need To Know Magnus Carlsen will headline the first Total Chess World Championship Tour pilot in Budapest in November. Here is everything you need to know about the players, dates, schedule, format, prize money and FIDE's newest world championship. 31 Aug 15:33 1 min