10/10/2024 – The Global Chess League returns for its second edition, bringing top players from around the world to London from 3-12 October. The tournament features six teams, each made up of male and female stars, including Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand and Hou Yifan. The competition follows a double round-robin format, leading to a final showdown between the top two teams. | Follow the action live starting at 14.00 CEST (8.00 ET, 17.30 IST)

10/10/2024 – The US Championship and the US Women's Championship will take place on 11-24 October at the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis. Each field will feature 12 players competing for a total purse of more than $400,000. Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So are the top seeds in the open section, while Irina Krush and defending champion Carissa Yip are the highest-rated players in the women's category.

10/5/2024 – The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) announced the 2024 U.S. and World Chess Halls of Fame inductees. One candidate, Charles Henry Stanley, will be inducted to the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame on October 10, while ten candidates will be inducted to the World Chess Hall of Fame on October 20: Nana Alexandria, Chen Zhu, Robert Hübner, Vladimir Kramnik, Irina Levitina, Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Efim Geller, Fridrik Olafsson, Oscar Panno and Lev Polugaevsky.

10/3/2024 – The tenth edition of the Ibero-American Chess Championship came to a close on Tuesday at the Hotel RL Aníbal in Linares, Spain. Alan Pichot, the Argentine-born GM now representing Spain, was the sole winner after obtaining 7½/9 points. IM Daniel García from Spain and GM Santiago Ávila from Colombia grabbed second and third place, respectively. IM Sabrina Vega, an 8-time women's Spanish champion, was the top scorer among the women participants, while IM Diego Flores from Perú finished first among the juniors. | Photos: FEDA (Spanish Chess Federation)

10/1/2024 – The Grand Final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup will once again see a clash between Alireza Firouzja and Magnus Carlsen. If Carlsen, who beat Firouzja in the Division I final two days ago, wins the best-of-four match that starts the Grand Final, he will also win the tournament. If Firouzja wins this match, Carlsen will get a second chance as the two will play another match. And the winner of this second match will also be the winner of the tournament. Transmission starts at 17:00 CEST (11:00 ET). Follow the games live with commentary...

9/28/2024 – Eight top players start in the Vugar Gashimov Memorial in Azerbaijan to play blitz and rapid against each other. After the rapid tournament Ian Nepomniachtchi is in the lead and he will try to defend this lead in the blitz tournament today. It's a double round blitz 3+2 and all 14 rounds will be played today. The action starts at 15:00 local time (13:00 CEST, 5:00 ET). Follow the games live. | Photos: Shahid Ahmed (ChessBase India)

9/25/2024 – The stage is set for the Julius Baer Generation Cup, the fourth and final online leg of the 2024 Champions Chess Tour. Starting on 25 September 25, the 7-day event will offer the world's top chess players one last opportunity to secure their place in the CCT Finals. Players can qualify by either winning this event or by finishing among the top performers on the CCT Leaderboard. With 100 CCT points available, every game counts.

9/24/2024 – The members of the Chess History and Literature Society held their annual conference during the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. At the invitation of the Hungarian Chess Federation, around 20 members and guests met in the historical premises of the host, discussed exciting questions of chess history in lectures and also commemorated the great Hungarian chess players. Herbert Bastian and Frank Hoffmeister report. | Photos: Herbert Bastian, Henry Serruys

9/24/2024 – On 21-22 September, FIDE conducted its General Assembly meeting in Budapest. The meeting saw votes on new members for the Constitutional Commission, Ethics and Disciplinary Commission, and Verification Commission, alongside decisions on proposals from member federations. | Photos: FIDE

9/23/2024 – The closing ceremony of the 45th Chess Olympiad was held at the BOK Sports and Conference Centre, as the tournament's playing hall was transformed into a celebratory space. The atmosphere was light-hearted, with players shedding the seriousness and pressure of the event. Besides the awards for the teams that reached the podium in both sections, individual medals were given to the best performers on each board. | Photo: FIDE

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9/22/2024 – The 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad is taking place on 11-22 September in Budapest, Hungary. A record 193 teams in the open and 181 teams in the women's category are fighting for collective and individual medals. | Pictured: Lu Miaoyi from China (FIDE / Michal Waluszha) | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting (four hours earlier than usual) at 11.00 CEST (5.00 ET, 12.30 IST)

9/21/2024 – Lajos Portisch, the legendary Hungarian chess player who was awarded the title of the Sportsman of the Nation, held an aria evening on the free day of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad, on September 17, at the Petőfi Museum of Literature. The grandmaster's aria repertoire was accompanied by a unique painting, as Antti Favén's world-famous work The Chess Players was also on display. | Photo: Mihály Nagy

9/21/2024 – Judit Polgar's jubilee Global Chess Festival set a new on-site attendance record. The audience had the opportunity to meet the Polgar family and this year's festival patron, Ernő Rubik. In addition to the scientific, artistic, and chess-related programs, a unique community chess simul took place and renowned figures from the chess world, the Hungarian art scene, and sports champions ensured that visitors left the event feeling inspired.

9/14/2024 – While the entire world at large has been caught up with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, some affected more obviously than others, one of the consequences for athletes specifically was the International Olympic Committee's ban of Russian athletes from any event under its auspices. This in turn led to the similar ban in FIDE, a ban Russia plans to try to overturn on September 22. (Image: Albert Silver/Flux Pro)

9/13/2024 – One of the many attractions of chess Olympiads is the clash between top players in top teams and amateur players who take part out of enthusiasm and often at their own expense. ChessBase introduces some of these teams and follows their progress and adventures in Budapest.

9/12/2024 – Imagine you are playing with your national team in an important team event. It is just before the first round and the tension is building. Suddenly, a man pretending to be a journalist comes up to you and asks you some crazy questions. How do you react?

9/10/2024 – In an hour-long interview for New in Chess, Judit Polgar, the strongest female chess player of all time, spoke with Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam about a number of topics, focusing on the upcoming Chess Olympiad and the Global Chess Festival organised by her foundation. Polgar also discussed women's chess, and emphasised her position that women should strive to compete at the highest level in the open circuit.