7/7/2025 – Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been crowned champion of the León Masters after defeating five-time world champion Vishy Anand by a 3-1 score in Sunday's final match. The tournament, which also featured Argentine prodigy Faustino Oro and local representative Jaime Santos, took place from 4 to 6 July and concluded with a closing ceremony honouring the memory of Zenón Franco and Manuel García Cob, prominent figures in chess who were associated with the León tournament.

6/20/2025 – Thanks to the help of Magnus Carlsen and his "Viking" friends, FC St. Pauli was able to stay in the German Bundesliga in the 2024/25 season. During his appearance for St. Pauli, Carlsen also made headlines beyond the chess world. The cult club has now announced that the world’s best chess player will continue to wear the club's colors next year. | Photo: André Schulz

6/17/2025 – In some countries, strong chess players have risen to prominent political positions, and in others, politicians happen to be skilled at chess. But even high-ranking chess officials can find their way into political office. According to the World Chess Federation, Zandanshatar Gombojav, former president of the Mongolian Chess Federation, has now been appointed Prime Minister of Mongolia.

6/15/2025 – After three days and 12 rounds of Rapid, things got hotter in London as the FIDE World Blitz Team kicked off. Following 13 rounds of fast-paced action, 16 out of 53 teams have advanced to the final playoff stage on Sunday. The blitz competition is split in two stages. On day one, the teams were divided into four equally strong pools, playing in a round-robin format. There were four pools – three had 13 teams, while Pool D had 14. The top four teams in each pool qualified for the knockout playoffs, which are taking place on Sunday, June 15. | Photos: Rafal Oleksiewicz/FIDE

6/14/2025 – Team MGD1 secured first place at the 2025 FIDE World Rapid Teams Championship in London, winning all matches on the final day. Hexamind finished second, while Freedom, Uzbekistan, and WR Chess shared third. | Photos: Rafal Oleksiewicz/FIDE

6/4/2025 – Nach Weissenhaus und Paris ist das Wynn in Las Vegas die dritte Station der Freestyle Grand Slam Tour. Am 13. Juli spielen ehemalige NBA-Spieler im einem K.o.-Schachturnier gegeneinander. Vom 16. bis 20. Juli wird das Freestyle-Turnier der Schachprofis gespielt. Wer vor Ort dabei sein möchte, kann jetzt schon Tickets ab 90 US-Dollar.

5/9/2025 – Chess fans are in for a treat: On 1 June the Italian town Pietrasanta will host a chess match between Faustino Oro, the world’s youngest chess master, and former world champion Vishy Anand. The event, supported by the famous singer Andrea Bocelli, is part of a broader program that includes the Chess Roads exhibition from June 2 to 15, featuring 40 rare and original chess sets from Asia and Europe.

1/15/2025 – 176 players took part in the International Grandmaster Open in Chennai in the first week of the New Year. Indian GM Inyan PA led the field and went on to win the tournament, beating Deepan, who had been leading the field, in the final round. | Photos: IA R Anantharam

1/15/2025 – The International Dortmund Chess Days will take place from 2 August to 10 August 2025 in the heart of the Ruhr region. The 52nd edition will once again be a chess festival for players of all classes with A-Open and B-Open. In the Open, top German players will compete with international grandmasters for a €20,000 prize fund. The two best German female chess players will play in parallel in an international women's tournament. Elisabeth Pähtz and Dinara Wagner will face 15-year-old Lu Miaoyi, one of the world's greatest young chess talents. | Photos: Dortmunder Schachtage

12/20/2024 – The opening tournament of the 2025 Freestyle Grand Slam Tour begins in WEISSENHAUS on 7 February. The current world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, will be competing, along with two of his predecessors, Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand. | Photo: Amruta Mokal

11/15/2024 – In the run-up to the FIDE World Chess Championship at the end of November, where he will play against 18-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh, the reigning World Champion from China, Ding Liren, gave an interview where he spoke about the challenges he faces, both on and off the board. | Photo: Stev Bonhage

10/14/2024 – The WEISSENHAUS Young Masters is a round-robin, in which four young German talents from the WEISSENHAUS Academy (Marius Deuer, Leonardo Costa, Hussain Besou and Christian Glöckler), and Benedict Krause from the Bundesliga club St. Pauli, will compete against Pavel Eljanov, P. Sethuruman, Christian Bauer, Sune Berg Hansen and Kaido Kuluats. | Photo: Marius Deuer, Leonardo Costa, Christian Glöckler and Hussain Besou (from left to right).

10/2/2024 – Freestyle Chess Operations GmbH announced three dates for the upcoming Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. The first tournament will start in February 2025 in Weissenhaus. This will be followed by the second tournament in New York in July and the final tournament in South Africa in December 2025. Magnus Carlsen will play in all three tournaments.

9/26/2024 – During the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, the Women's Commission hosted the "Women & Chess & Balance" conference—a gathering dedicated to exploring how chess can drive gender equality and empower women both on and off the board. The event brought together experts, advocates, and chess professionals from around the globe, tackling the multifaceted challenges women face in the chess world while also offering forward-thinking solutions that extend beyond the game. | Photos: Denis Burko

9/5/2024 – One hundred ninety-seven teams have registered for the open section of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. With FIDE currently encompassing 201 national federations, the registration numbers fall short by just four federations. As is often the case, not every registered team will make it to Budapest for various reasons. Nevertheless, this Olympiad is set to break participation records.

9/3/2024 – From 20 November to 14 December, the world championship match between world champion Ding Liren and his challenger Dommaraju Gukesh will be held at the Resort World Sentosa in Singapore. 14 games will be played. In the event of a tie, there will be a play-off. The prize fund amounts to 2.5 million dollars. FIDE has now announced the regulations and the exact schedule.

7/17/2024 – The European Chess Union and the Montenegro Chess Federation are inviting all National Chess Federations and eligible players to participate in the European Individual Chess Championship 2024, to be held from 7-20 November in Petrovac, Montenegro. Total prize fund: 100,000 Euros. But even if you don't win, just look at the backdrop of the event.

7/12/2024 – The second season of the Global Chess League will be held at Friends House in London from 3 to 12 October 2024. The six "franchises" of the second edition of the tournament and the companies behind the teams were unveiled in a press release. | Photo: The Triveni Continental Kings, the winners of the Global Chess League 2023