10/27/2025 – SuperChess, led by world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, won the open section of the European Club Cup in Rhodes with a perfect 14/14 match score, defeating Tuxera Aquaprofit Nagykanizsai in the final round to secure the title. Alkaloid and Novy Bor finished second and third respectively. In the women's event, Cercle d'Échecs Monte Carlo clinched tournament victory after drawing their final match against Turkish Airlines. Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica took silver, while Tajfun SK Ljubljana earned bronze. | Photo: Mark Livshitz

10/26/2025 – Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, hosted a landmark celebration of inclusivity as the 2nd Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities concluded on Republic Day. A record 34 teams took part in the over-the-board festival, which featured cultural performances, inspiring personal stories and fierce final-round battles. With FIDE confirming that future editions will be held alongside the main Olympiad starting in 2026, the event marked a major step toward full integration within the global chess community.

10/26/2025 – The 2025 US Chess Championships concluded on Friday in Saint Louis, with both Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip successfully defending their national titles. Caruana secured his fourth consecutive US Championship - the first player to achieve this since Bobby Fischer - while Yip claimed her third straight US Women's Championship, and her fourth overall. | Pictured: The US champions alongside Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/26/2025 – Any idea how long the longest recorded chess game was? How many moves were played? It was the year 1989 when Ivan Nikolić and Goran Arsović played stunning 269 moves! Not only that, the game was also very interesting, as Svitlana demonstrates in this episode. But, there was actually a second game, which was even longer!

10/25/2025 – The eighth edition of the Salamanca Chess Festival is taking place on 22-25 at the "Centro Internacional del Español" in the city's prestigious university. The Masters Tournament, featuring four men and four women, is a single round-robin with a time control of 30 minutes plus 5-second increments. Follow the games live with computer-assisted analysis starting at 16.00 CEST (10.00 ET, 19.30 IST)

10/25/2025 – The European Club Cup is taking place on 19-25 October in Rhodes, Greece, bringing together no fewer than 122 teams and around 800 players from around the world. The seven-round event features a number of elite players, including Arjun Erigaisi, Anish Giri, Gukesh Dommaraju, Aleksandra Goryachkina and Zhu Jiner. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)

10/25/2025 – There is a lot of top level chess going on this week, including the US championship and the European Club Cup, but everything was overshadowed by the shocking death of Daniel Naroditsky at the age of 29. His story and his legacy should be told and shared by the people who knew him best, that's why this video is on another topic. At this point Caruana is leading the US championship and he is playing very creative and dynamic chess. We will discuss his impressive win against Niemann. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/25/2025 – Michael Kotyk is a young chess coach from Hamburg. Below, he reviews Robert Ris's video course on the Colle & Zukertort System, an often underestimated system, but one that Kotyk has very personal memories of from his early days as a tournament player... | Photos: ChessBase

10/25/2025 – FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has announced that recent public statements made by GM Vladimir Kramnik, both before and after the death of GM Daniel Naroditsky, will be referred to the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission for review. In a statement emphasising respect, dignity and accountability within the chess community, Dvorkovich reaffirmed FIDE's commitment to act against harassment or bullying and to uphold integrity and humanity as guiding principles of the sport.

10/24/2025 – The 2025 US Chess Championships are taking place on 12-24 October at the Saint Louis Chess Club. Each tournament is a 12-player single round-robin with a classical time control. Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So and Hans Niemann are the highest-rated players in the open, while Carissa Yip, Alice Lee and Tatev Abrahamyan head the women's field. | Follow the action live starting at 19.00 CEST (13.00 ET, 22.30 IST)

10/24/2025 – The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 will conclude in South Africa with a final event from 8 to 11 December. At the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve in the Western Cape Province, eight of the world's best players, including Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, will compete both for the tournament victory and the series title. | Photo: Freestyle Chess/ Grootbos

10/24/2025 – The penultimate round of the US Championships saw both Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So claim crucial victories, ensuring the race for the national title will go down to the wire. Caruana's marathon win over Abhimanyu Mishra kept him half a point ahead of So, who also prevailed after a long battle against Dariusz Swiercz. Meanwhile, among the women, Carissa Yip moved to within touching distance of her fourth national title - and her third in a row - after defeating Nazi Paikidze. | Photo: Lennart Ootes