Norway Chess - Live!

5/27/2026 – The 14th edition of the Norway Chess super-tournament is taking place from 25 May to 5 June at Deichman Bjorvika in Oslo. An open event and a women's event are being played concurrently with an identical number of players, the same format and an equivalent prize fund. Alireza Firouzja goes into Wednesday's third round with a 3½-point lead over Wesley So and Gukesh Dommaraju - Firouzja plays black against Gukesh. | Follow the games live starting at 17.00 CEST (11.00 ET, 20.30 IST) | Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza
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Batumi: 18 players with perfect start

5/27/2026 – After two rounds, as many as 18 players remain on a perfect 2/2 score and share the lead at the European Women’s Championship in Batumi, Georgia. But some of the favourites stumbled. Second seed IM Yuliia Osmak of Ukraine (2451) lost to Germany’s Charis Peglau (2238), while England’s Bodhana Sivanandan (2374, pictured) lost a theoretical battle against Switzerland’s Sofiia Hryzlova. | Photo: Tournament page
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European Women's Championship - Live!

5/27/2026 – The 25th edition of the European Women's Chess Championship is taking place from 25 May to 5 June in the Georgian city of Batumi. The tournament is played over 11 rounds using the Swiss system. More than 150 players from 32 European federations have registered to participate. Ten players have an Elo rating above 2400. | Follow the games live starting at 13.00 CEST (7.00 ET, 16.30 IST)
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Norway Chess Women: Assaubayeva keeps lead, as all encounters go to Armageddon

5/27/2026 – Bibisara Assaubayeva retained the lead at Norway Chess Women after surviving a difficult classical game and winning a chaotic Armageddon against Zhu Jiner. All three round-two matches were drawn in classical play, with Divya Deshmukh defeating Humpy Koneru in the tiebreak and Anna Muzychuk recovering from her opening loss by beating world champion Ju Wenjun. | Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza

Norway Chess: Firouzja wins again, leads by 3½ points

5/27/2026 – Alireza Firouzja made it two classical wins in as many rounds at Norway Chess, beating Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu on Tuesday after defeating Magnus Carlsen on the opening day. Firouzja now leads with 6/6 points and is guaranteed to remain in sole first place after round three. Carlsen and Wesley So won the day's Armageddon deciders, against Vincent Keymer and Gukesh Dommaraju, respectively. | Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza
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Christian Gloeckler wins Limburg Open, crosses 2500 rating mark

5/26/2026 – Christian Gloeckler's tournament victory at the Limburg Open has taken him past the 2500 rating mark, confirming his status as one of the world's best players in his age group. At the end of the tournament, eight players were tied on points at the top. The best tiebreak score gave Gloeckler overall victory. | Photos: Frans Peeters /Limburg Open
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A light initiative weighs heavily

5/26/2026 – A light initiative weighs heavily: This is the main guideline in the endgame rook and knight against rook and knight: Black to move and win.
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Norway Chess Women: Assaubayeva beats Koneru in classical encounter

5/26/2026 – Bibisara Assaubayeva took an early lead at Norway Chess Women with a classical win over Humpy Koneru, who blundered under severe time pressure. The other two matches were decided in Armageddon: Divya Deshmukh defeated world champion Ju Wenjun after a drawn classical game, while Zhu Jiner held defending champion Anna Muzychuk with black to secure the tiebreak victory. | Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza
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Norway Chess: Firouzja obtains first-ever classical win over Carlsen

5/26/2026 – Alireza Firouzja opened Norway Chess in Oslo with his first-ever classical win over Magnus Carlsen, defeating the defending champion despite playing with an injured ankle. The remaining two matches went to Armageddon after draws i the classical games, with Gukesh Dommaraju beating Vincent Keymer following a 144-move struggle, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu defeating Wesley So to complete a strong first round for the players with the white pieces. | Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza
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European Women's Championship: A few upsets on opening day in Batumi

5/25/2026 – The 2026 European Women's Chess Championship kicked off in Batumi with 165 players from 32 federations competing for the continental title and ten places in the next FIDE Women's World Cup. The opening round saw several higher-rated players defeated, including Klaudia Kulon and Irina Bulmaga, while four games on the top ten boards were drawn after the favourites failed to convert or had to defend difficult positions. | Pictured: Oliwia Kiolbasa (Poland) | Photo: European Chess Union
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The growth of chess in Africa

5/25/2026 – On Africa Day, attention turns to the growth of chess across the continent, from expanding federation activity and international events to social projects in schools, refugee camps and prisons. African players' achievements on the global stage are also highlighted, alongside FIDE's plans to support further development, including Africa's priority status for hosting the 2032 Chess Olympiad, while acknowledging the infrastructure, funding and access challenges that still need to be addressed. | Image: FIDE
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Eurochess 2026: Banque de France win team event, Anand gives simul

5/25/2026 – This year's Eurochess tournament took place at the Deutsche Bundesbank's conference centre in Eltville am Rhein. The Bundesbank chess group had last hosted the tournament at the same venue in 2007. This time around, the event was jointly organised with the chess group of the European Central Bank. | Photos: Gerd Densing
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Norway Chess 2026 with Carlsen, Gukesh and Ju Wenjun

5/24/2026 – Demanding weeks for a number of elite grandmasters: Vincent Keymer, Alireza Firouzja, Wesley So and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu get just one day off between their appearance at the GCT event in Bucharest and the start of the super-tournament in Norway. They will once again face a lineup of world-class players, led by world number-one Magnus Carlsen and world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. In the women's tournament, world champion Ju Wenjun will be competing. The six participants in each event will play a double round-robin tournament. | Photos: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza
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The board that refuses to help you

5/24/2026 – There is a famous photograph of Mikhail Tal hunched over the board during a tournament game, eyes burning into the pieces. Somewhere behind that stare, an entire mating attack is unfolding. Every chess generation, from Morphy to Magnus, has been defined by one skill: extraordinary calculation. The pieces move on the board - but the game is won and lost in what you can visualize. Let us show you how Fritz 21 trains the one skill every great chess player has lived or died by.
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ChessBase´26 – Beginner's Tips Part 16: Setting up and analysing positions (Part 2)

5/24/2026 – We've compiled some additional tips for our latest tutorial. These allow you, for example, to quickly open endgame positions from Karsten Müller's articles in ChessBase, and compare structures you're interested in with positions from the Mega Database. Check out the example and use these practical features for your training!
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Keymer beats Van Foreest, wins Super Chess Classic Romania

5/23/2026 – Vincent Keymer secured outright victory at the Super Chess Classic in Bucharest with a final-round win over Jorden van Foreest. Fabiano Caruana, who had started the day level with Keymer, missed a winning chance against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and had to settle for second place. Keymer finished on 6/9, gained 7.8 rating points and called it his "biggest classical tournament victory ever". | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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Giovanni Longo International Chess Museum opens in Marostica, Italy

5/23/2026 – The Giovanni Longo International Chess Museum has opened in Marostica's 14th-century Lower Castle, beside the city's Chess Square. Created from a donation by collector Giovanni Longo, the museum displays around 150 items, including 90 chess sets and boards from several continents. Its accessible exhibition space highlights the links between chess, art and culture, with works ranging from 18th-century craftsmanship to contemporary pieces by artists including Enrico Baj and Max Ernst. | Photo: FIDE
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Fritz 21 is here!

5/23/2026 – It has gained 40 Elo points, and now stands at 3620 Elo. It can show you the best moves, the most promising lines. But it concentrates on teaching. It will play practice games against you, at your level of play, and imitate the style of famous players if you wish. It has AI-supported training with subtle hints, and will train tactics and endgames with you. It even teaches you Freestyle Chess. It practically forces you to become a stronger player.
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Super Chess Classic Romania - Live!

5/23/2026 – The second event of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour is the Super Chess Classic Romania, which is taking place on 14-23 May in Bucharest. Vincent Keymer and Fabiano Caruana enter the final round tied for first place, while Javokhir Sindarov, Wesley So and Jorden van Foreest stand a half point back and still have chances of taking the title. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting two hours earlier than usual, at 13.00 CEST (7.00 ET, 16.30 IST) | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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