12/26/2017 – The World Rapid Championship attracted significant international media attention as it began on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but the focus was mostly centred around the absence of Women's World Rapid and Blitz Champion Anna Muzychuk, and all players from Israel, who were denied visas to travel to the country. | Photo: riyadh2017.fide.com

12/21/2017 – Weiwen Leung shares an op-ed on reimagining votes in FIDE elections, based on the chess activity of each country or federation — as, for instance, measured by the number of rated games played — rather than the present "one federation, one vote" policy. A brilliant suggestion or "pie in the sky"? | Photo: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with Vladimir Putin en.kremlin.ru

3/12/2017 – We recently reported that the "golden couple" GM Zhang Zhong and WGM Li Ruofan had been excluded from the Asian Zonals. The Singapore Chess Federation explained that it was not a “ban”, the players were "simply not selected and endorsed by the Federation to take part." In a detailed response to their federation the two players describe what it means when you are barred from practicing the profession you love.

2/7/2017 – On January 30, 2017, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued to block key portions of President Trump’s executive order on travel. Trump’s executive order had barred entry to the United States by refugees and VISA holders from seven predominantly Muslim countries. On February 3, a judge granted Ferguson’s request for a temporary restraining order, meaning that federal employees cannot enforce Trump’s executive order. Result: Ferguson-Trump 1-0. Report by Alexey Root, who knew Ferguson as a chess opponent.

4/1/2016 – It happened in the Steve Harvey Show. Recently the TV host had Democratic front runner in the presidential race, Hillary Clinton, as a guest, and in one segment the former First Lady and Secretary of State had to identify a "female groundbreaker" who was concealed between two imposters. The groundbreaker was Irina Krush, first and only US female grandmaster. Watch the video.

4/14/2005 – In the second installment of our epic interview with the world's highest-rated chess retiree, we discuss Kasparov's picks for his best games, tournaments, and years, his legendary opening preparation, chess evolution over the decades, and the past and future of chess and the championship. And what about Fischer?

8/9/2003 – In 2001 Vishy Anand won the FIDE title of world champion, which he lost a year later to Ruslan Ponomariov. Now the the world's number three has been shut out of the championship cycles. Anand calls the current situation a complete mess. "It is tough to get sponsors, and people are still trying to hold three World Championship matches," he says in this critical interview.