1/20/2025 – Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won in the second round of the Tata Steel Masters. All three of them joined the leading pack, which also includes Vincent Keymer and Gukesh Dommaraju. In the Challengers, seven players (exactly half the field) are sharing first place with 1½ out of 2 points. | Photo: Tata Steel Chess / Lennart Ootes

1/16/2025 – To mark the 100th anniversary of FIDE, study composer Gady Costeff has put together a collection of 100 endgame studies, one study for each year and each study by a different author - a really nice little book at an amazing price.

1/14/2025 – Even before the start of the Bundesliga season, the announcement that Magnus Carlsen would be playing for the Hamburg club St. Pauli caused a huge media stir. Last weekend the world's best chess player made his debut for his new club - and created a real chess hype, not only in Hamburg. | Photos: André Schulz

1/5/2025 – Robert Hübner died on 5 January 2025 after a long and serious illness. For decades after the war Robert Hübner was the best German chess player, with countless successes in individual and team competitions. In addition to his career as a tournament player, Hübner gained great importance as a profound chess historian and incorruptible analyst. With his death the chess world loses one of its outstanding minds. | Photo: R. Bogaerts / ANEFO via nationaalarchief.nl

12/20/2024 – Last weekend, the Swedish Chess Federation organised a major rapid chess open in Malmö, in which around 200 players from the Baltic Sea region took part. Axel Smith won because he had a better tiebreak than his two closest rivals, Hampus Sörensen and Tiger Hillarp-Persson, who both had the same number of points. | Photo: Linus Johansson and Tiger Hillarp Persson | Photo: Lars OA Hedlund

12/10/2024 – At the beginning of December Fabiano Caruana was the sole winner of the U.S. Masters in Charlotte, but at the Saint Louis Masters he had to share victory with German Grandmaster Alexander Donchenko. With one round to go, Caruana led the field by one point, but in the final round he lost to Donchenko with White and both finished with 6.5/9. | Photo: (from left to right) Tony Rich, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Donchenko, Sabina Foisor | Photo: Saint Louis Chess Club

12/2/2024 – Arjun Erigaisi is now officially another player over 2800 behind Carlsen, Caruana and Nakamura in the December FIDE world rankings. Four Chinese players continue to lead the women's ranking and Gukesh D, the world's best junior might soon also be World Champion. Bibisara Assaubayeva is the world's best female junior.

11/20/2024 – In the 1960s and 1970s, Lev Polugaevsky was one of the best players in the world. He played in the USSR team in the 'USSR vs. the Rest of the World' competition, and was a multiple World Chess Championship candidate. He would have been 90 years old today. | Photo: Anefo / Croes, R.C.

11/14/2024 – Nodirbek Abdusattorov leads the field after two wins and a draw on the first day of rapid chess at the Tata Steel India Rapid and Blitz tournament. The Uzbek grandmaster had a lot of luck in his game against Vincent Keymer. Magnus Carlsen started with two draws and a win. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

11/12/2024 – Tata Steel, sponsor of the traditional chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, has also been organising a top-level tournament in India every year since 2018, a rapid and blitz event. It starts again on Wednesday, with Magnus Carlsen and Vincent Keymer, among others.

11/12/2024 – After four of eleven rounds only two players still have a perfect score at the European Championship in Petrovac, Montenegro: Grandmaster Frederik Svane (pictured) from Germany and Grandmaster Maksim Chigaev, who was born in Russia, but now plays for Spain. Half a point behind follow 18 players with 3.5/4 each. | Photo: Frederik Svane during an interview with ChessBase (in German)

11/7/2024 – Aleksandra Goryachkina wins and wins and wins. In round 7 of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix she won with Black against Batkhuyag Munguntuul - her fifth win in her last five games. She now leads with 6.0/7 and is one point ahead of Tan Zhongyi who won in round 7 against Nurgyul Salimova. | Photos: Konstantin Chalabov and Anastasia Abramova (FIDE)

11/6/2024 – In the 6th round of the Women's Grand Prix Tournament in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Aleksandra Goryachkina won her fourth game in a row. She played against German Grandmaster Elisabeth Paehtz, who missed study-like drawing chances in a difficult endgame. Stavroula Tsolakidou, Tan Zhongyi and Kateryna Lagno also won their games. With three rounds to go Goryachkina now leads with 5.0/6, followed by Tsolakidou and Tan Zhongyi with 4.0/6 each. | Photos: Konstantin Chalabov and Anastasia Abramova (FIDE)

11/5/2024 – The final day of the 27th Open International Bavarian Chess Championship at Gut Kaltenbrunn at Tegernsee saw another very exciting round, as eleven players were still in the running for the tournament victory. In the end, Titas Stremavicius and Rinat Jumabayev shared first place, but thanks to his better tiebreak Stremavicius won the tournament. | Photos: Sandra Schmidt

11/1/2024 – After an eventful October, there was a lot of movement in the FIDE world rankings. Fabiano Caruana moved back into second place behind Magnus Carlsen. Arjun Erigaisi inched closer to the 2800 mark, while Vincent Keymer gained 11 rating points and overtook Ding Liren. Four Chinese players head the women's ranking.

10/28/2024 – The 27th Open International Bavarian Chess Championships kicked off on Saturday at Tegernsee, attracting over 550 participants from 30 nations. Top seed is German Grandmaster Dmitrij Kollars, who is one of the 57 players who started the tournament with 2.0/2. | Photos: Sandra Schmidt

10/25/2024 – Novy Bor were the only team to emerge victorious in all their first five duels and took the sole lead at the European Club Cup. Alkalolid and Turkish Airline drew their match, with Arjun Erigaisi (photo) defeating Andreikin and breaking the 2800 rating barrier. In the Women's Cup, leaders Tajfun lost to Superchess. | Photos: European Chess Union

10/24/2024 – Top favourite SuperChess suffered a surprising defeat against Turkish Airlines in round four of the European Club Cup. Both Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa (pictured) lost their games. Vincent Keymer was once again the match winner for Novy Bor, while Dinara Wagner was the match winner for her team SuperChess in the Women's Cup. | Photos: European Chess Union and Gerd Densing