10/9/2025 – Garry Kasparov leads Viswanathan Anand 2½-1½ after the opening day of "Clutch Chess: The Legends" in Saint Louis. The two former world champions contested four games from the same Chess960 starting position, with Kasparov taking the only win in a dramatic third game. The day featured two rapid and two blitz encounters, with both players showing flashes of their trademark resilience throughout. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/9/2025 – One country is missing from the European Team Chess Championship in Batumi. Norway, home to the world's best chess player, is not represented in either the open or women's tournaments. The reason for this is purely financial. The Norwegian Chess Federation has very limited funds at its disposal. And there is a specific reason for this.

10/9/2025 – The "Clutch Chess" exhibition match between Vishy Anand and Garry Kasparov brings back memories. In 1995, the two played for the World Championship (Kasparov won 10.5:6.5) and over the course of their careers, they have fought more than one memorable duel in top tournaments. In a conversation with Sagar Shah, Vishy Anand recalls his victories against his rival — with an astonishing memory for details and a series of surprising insights.

10/9/2025 – The European Team Championship has started and we are spoiled every day with exciting matches between countries. Germany is number one seed with their dream team Vincent Keymer/Rasmus Svane/Matthias Bluebaum/Dmitrij Kollars/Frederik Svane, but the team of coach Jan Gustafsson is having a bumpy start in the tournament. Our Game of the Week is the masterpiece Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (Greece) created against Ivan Schitco (Moldova) in the first round. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.

10/9/2025 – Defending champions Serbia took the sole lead in the open section of the European Team Chess Championship after defeating Greece in round four, their fourth consecutive 2½–1½ victory. Ukraine moved into clear second place by beating top seeds Germany, while seven teams now share third. In the women's event, Poland and Germany remain perfect on 8/8 match points, with Bulgaria, Georgia, Ukraine and France two points behind. | Photos: European Chess Union

10/8/2025 – Two former world champions, Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov, will face each other in "Clutch Chess: The Legends", a 12-game Chess960 exhibition match held from 8 to 10 October at the newly expanded Saint Louis Chess Club. The event will feature rapid and blitz games with increasing point values and prize stakes each day, marking the official reopening of the club's renovated campus and celebrating its role as a global centre for chess. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/5/2025 – Arlington welcomes the unprecedented event "Checkmate: USA v. India", an evening of chess presented as a live arena spectacle. Esports Stadium Arlington sees Hikaru Nakamura take on world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, Fabiano Caruana face Arjun Erigaisi, and further clashes featuring women stars, prodigies and leading chess streamers. | Follow the action live starting at 2.00 CEST (20.00 ET, 5.30 IST)

10/4/2025 – The 2025 European Team Chess Championship takes place from 4 to 15 October in Batumi, Georgia, featuring 40 national teams in the open and 36 teams in the women's section. The German team leads the starting list ahead of the Netherlands and Hungary in the open, while host nation Georgia tops the women's field. Notably, Hungary will include both Richard Rapport and Peter Leko in their lineup. | Image: European Chess Union

10/4/2025 – Fabiano Caruana won the 2025 Grand Chess Tour Finals in São Paulo after defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a tense match that was decided in the blitz phase. After losing the opening rapid game, Caruana responded with three straight wins in blitz to secure the title, holding a draw in a dramatic final game to clinch overall victory. Levon Aronian beat Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 20–8 in the third-place match, earning a place in next year's Grand Chess Tour. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

10/4/2025 – Matthias Bluebaum is the man of the hour in international chess. With his second place at the Grand Swiss in Samarkand, the grandmaster from Lemgo has achieved something that no German has managed in around 35 years: to be a World Championship candidate. Following the European Team Championship, where Bluebaum will represent Germany, he will play at the World Cup, where Vincent Keymer still has a chance to jump on the World Championship bandwagon. Holger Hank spoke to Bluebaum for Deutsche Welle in what turned out to be an in-depth interview. | Photo: Michal Walusza / FIDE

10/3/2025 – The Grand Chess Tour Finals return in 2025, taking place at the World Trade Center in São Paulo from 28 September to 3 October. The event features Maxime Vachier-LaGrave, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Fabiano Caruana and Levon Aronian facing off in a knockout tournament. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 20.00 CEST (14.00 ET, 23.30 IST)

10/3/2025 – Over the past year, the Kasparov Chess Academy has provided training to over 500 students from across the globe, making it a unique educational platform in the world of chess. The Academy proudly celebrates its second year of activity, marking remarkable achievements and setting ambitious goals for the future – the third season of the training program for 2026.