7/12/2017 – Wednesday at 8pm UK time Daniel King will go on air on playchess.com. You can watch the episode here on live for free. Daniel King will focus on the game Can - Robson from the World Team Championships. More information...

6/17/2017 – For the first time the Open and the Women's Championships are being held at the same time, from June 16–27, 2017, in Khanty-Mansiysk, the oil boom town in western Siberia. The opening ceremony took place on Friday, with some spectacular cultural stage presentations, all meticulously documented in an hour-long video you should not miss. We will be covering the event on Playchess – check our "Live Broadcast" list on the right.

4/23/2015 – After four rounds Cuba leads the field at the Men's World Team Championship. In the fourth round Cuba won 3-1 against Egypt and took the sole lead because Israel lost 1.5-2.5 against Ukraine. China won 3.5-0.5 against Armenia and Hungary narrowly defeated India 2.5-1.5. The match USA and Russia ended in a 2-2 draw - but not a peaceful one.

4/21/2015 – After losing against Ukraine in the first round of the World Team Championship Russia also lost its second match - against Cuba - and now trails the table. Egypt hold Israel to a draw, Ukraine lost against Armenia, India and China drew against the USA and Hungary. India now leads, followed by China, Israel, and Cuba. But all in all the round was peaceful.

4/20/2015 – On Sunday, 19th April 2015, the 10th World Team Championship began in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia - with a number of small surprises. Ukraine won 2.5-1.5 against Russia, and with the same result Israel, led by Boris Gelfand, won against Armenia, and China against the USA. India won 3-1 against Egypt while Hungary drew against Cuba. Impressions...

12/6/2013 – There was little chance of any surprises in the last round as the leader Russia defeated Egypt as expected, taking gold. Ukraine managed to overcome Armenia, but was outscored by China's 3-1 victory over Turkey, giving the Chinese Silver, and Ukraine Bronze. Aronian was the biggest performer, but of note is Nakamura moving into no.3, only the third American in Elo history.

12/4/2013 – Russia was able to topple a team that seemed completely untouchable. Nepomniachtchi was Ukraine's executioner as he took advantage of a strange time trouble blunder by Kryvoruchko who basically trapped his own queen. With this result Russia leads, China leapfrogs over Ukraine on tiebreaks and the team lead by Ivanchuk is now third. A dramatic round.

12/4/2013 – The Ukrainian team survived a potential disaster as they narrowly beat Egypt, the lowest rated team and the only team that has scored no points at all in this event. However they were almost victorious against the leaders and only mistakes in time pressure allowed Ukraine to remain on the top. A predictable day, and Russia and China are now in the second and third spots.

12/3/2013 – Ukraine has finally been stopped and it was done by a resilient Dutch team. Despite being worse in almost every board at some point, the team led by Anish Giri was able to win thanks to Loek Van Wely outplaying Anton Korobov with black. Russia crushed Turkey and is now in close striking distance. Replay today's beautiful combinations.

12/1/2013 – The Ukrainian squads keeps plowing through the tournament, this time narrowly defeating the host country of Turkey. Their rivals keep slashing at each other, such as China trading punches with the USA, beating it in the end, and Russia, who squashed Germany today, are the only ones at somewhat close striking distance - still a full match and a half point away from Ivanchuk's team.

11/30/2013 – China shocked Armenia with two victories by Bu Xiangzhi and Ding Liren to give the Asian team a 2.5-1.5 win. This allows Ukraine, who won their fourth match in a row, this time against Germany, to be in the sole lead by a full one and a half matches! Russia won thanks to Karjakin and America demolished Egypt. Report of an absolutely key round

11/28/2013 – Ukraine took out Azerbaijan with a win by Moiseenko on board three to secure its lead. The only other team that could have caught it, Germany, fell to the Netherlands after Giri convincingly outplayed Khenkin. Aronian came through big today as he was able to vanquish Nakamura and gave Armenia a 2.5-1.5 victory. Report, results and standings.

11/27/2013 – The big news of the day is the convincing victory by the American team taking out the top seed Russia. Nakamura cleanly beat Kramnik while Robson managed to trick his opponent in a crazy game in which he was probably lost, albeit it was very complicated to find. Ukraine, Germany and Azerbaijan are the teams with two match wins Analysis of today's round.

11/27/2013 – The World Team Championship has started in Antalya, Turkey. The top teams in the world are competing in this round robin event and today was an exciting round. Armenia drew Russia with no decisive games while all the other matches ended in a 2.5-1.5 score. Every victory came with the black pieces, even in the Germany-Egypt match which featured three decisive games. Round one report.