8/28/2024 – Karthik Venkataraman won the 61st edition of the Indian National Championship after scoring 9/11 points at the event organised by the Haryana Chess Association. This is the second victory in a national championship for Karthik, who had also won the tournament in 2022. Surya Ganguly and Neelash Saha scored as many points as the champion, but finished in second and third place on tiebreaks. | Photos: Himank Ghosh

8/28/2024 – The final stage of the 2024 Grand Chess Tour, the Sinquefield Cup, will take place on 19-29 August in Saint Louis. Alireza Firouzja and Fabiano Caruana will be fighting for first place not only in the classical round-robin but also in the GCT overall standings. | Follow the games live with expert commentary starting at 18.00 CEST (12.00 ET, 21.30 IST)

8/28/2024 – A round of draws in Saint Louis allowed Alireza Firouzja to keep his 1-point lead over Fabiano Caruana going into the final day of action at the Sinquefield Cup. These results also granted Firouzja victory in the Grand Chess Tour series with a round to spare. The French representative thus repeated his success from 2022, when he also won the Tour after a strong showing in Saint Louis. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

8/28/2024 – Budapest is set to host the 45th Chess Olympiad from 10 to 23 September at the BOK Csarnok events venue. This year's Olympiad marks a new era, with several significant milestones: it will feature the highest number of participating teams in history, including a record number of women's teams. Notably, Hungary will be represented by three women's teams at this premier global chess event.

8/28/2024 – Four world-class grandmasters met in a Dutch town for a double round-robin tournament. It was dominated by World Champion Anatoly Karpov, who went into the final round with a 1½-point lead and faced the second-placed GM Vlastimil Hort. Karpov won the game – but could Hort have prevented this happening? That's an interesting riddle we want to solve. Can you help us?

8/28/2024 – David Llada is a household name in the world of chess. After working extensively as a chess photographer, he was hired by FIDE as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. He left the post last year, and only months later asked for permission to work as a photographer for an independent media company (i.e. not FIDE). He was shocked to hear that he would only be granted to work with restrictions, so he refused the offer. In an interview conducted by the Chessdom.com team, he talks about this incident and about his experience as a FIDE employee. | Photo: David Llada's X account

8/24/2024 – Hans Niemann is facing three of the world's strongest players in head-to-head matchups that each includes blitz, rapid and classical games. After beating Giri in Utrecht and Vitiugov in London, Niemann faces Etienne Bacrot at the Blitz Society Bar in Paris. | The blitz section, featuring 12 games with a 3+2 time control, kicks off on 24 August at 18.00 CEST.

8/24/2024 – By beating Anish Giri with white, Alireza Firouzja became the sole leader going into the rest day of the Sinquefield Cup. Firouzja has collected 3½ points and stands a half point ahead of Wesley So. The latter escaped with a draw after fiercely defending an endgame material down against R. Praggnanandhaa. Sunday's sixth round will see So playing white against Firouzja. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

8/24/2024 – 33.g5! in the diagram position is the right line opener for White, but after 33...fxg5 he failed to crown his play. Can you do better?

8/24/2024 – The first event of the 2024/25 Women's Grand Prix series is taking place on 15-24 August in Tbilisi, Georgia. A 10-player single round-robin, the event has the Muzychuk sisters, Nana Dzagnidze and R Vaishali as the top seeds. The top 2 finishers in the series will qualify for the next edition of the Women's Candidates Tournament. | Follow the action live with expert commentary starting at 13.00 CEST (7.00 ET, 16.30 IST)

8/24/2024 – Hans Niemann and Etienne Bacrot scored 2 wins each (and signed 2 draws) in the rapid section of their match in Paris. Saturday will be the final day of action, with 12 blitz games scheduled to take place - each granting 1 point for the overall score of the match. At this point, Niemann has a 9-point lead over his French opponent. | Photo: Frans Peeters

8/24/2024 – After an eventful day of chess at the Tbilisi Women's Grand Prix, 2 players emerged tied for first place going into Saturday's deciding round. Alina Kahslinskaya beat Lela Javakhishvili to join Bibisara Assaubayeva atop the standings. Importantly, both Assaubayeva and Mariya Muzychuk (who remains in the fight for first place) missed big chances to score full points in the penultimate round. | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman