Tarjei Svensen began writing about chess for chess24 in 2020 and joined Chess.com as a journalist in 2023. He covers news and statistics from across the chess world and is always looking for a good story. Have a tip? Email him at tarjei.svensen at chess.com.
Timur Turlov was elected president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) on Saturday, defeating German entrepreneur Wadim Rosenstein 110-85 in a second, deciding ballot at the FIDE General Assembly in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The third candid...
Dionisio Sganzerla turned a table in a Brazilian shopping mall into a meeting place for chess players for more than two decades. His death at 96 has sparked a wave of tributes. Known locally as "Mr. Dionisio," Sganzerla died on September 12 in Go...
GM Magnus Carlsen expects GM Javokhir Sindarov to defeat World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju, calling the challenger a "pretty significant favorite" and warning that the match could "get a little bit ugly" if Gukesh falls behind early. The worl...
IM Georgios Makropoulos, a seven-time Greek chess champion who became one of the most powerful figures in international chess for decades, has passed away at the age of 72. The Greek Chess Federation and the International Chess Federation (...
The FIDE Ethics & Disciplinary Commission has handed a two-year ban to a minor after he was caught with a mobile phone hidden inside his shoe during a tournament in Slovenia. The phone had the game position open on Chess.com. The five-page de...
No, it’s not an April Fool's. More than six years after Chess.com joked that the pandemic-interrupted FIDE Candidates Tournament 2020 would resume in Antarctica, rated chess really is heading to the world’s coldest continent. The...
FIDE presidential candidates Jan Henric Buettner and Timur Turlov clashed over how the world chess body should be funded—and whether it should continue relying on wealthy benefactors. The third candidate, Wadim Rosenstein, disconnected short...
GM Faustino Oro has officially been awarded the GM title by FIDE, making the 12-year-old Argentinian "Messi of Chess" the youngest current grandmaster. The confirmation comes shortly after he broke 3300 in blitz on Chess.com, giving an extra boost...
GM Vladimir Kramnik has lost his lawsuit against Dutch chess magazine New In Chess over an article that accused the former world champion of cyberbullying GM Daniel Naroditsky. An Amsterdam court ruled that the article was not unlawful, rejected a...
With less than a month until FIDE elects its next president, the campaign has entered an increasingly heated phase, with formal complaints from all three tickets, questions over Timur Turlov's eligibility, and allegations that FIDE itself has fail...
GM Pouya Idani, until now Iran’s third-highest-rated player, has officially transferred to France three years after moving to Brest with his wife. The 30-year-old joins GM Alireza Firouzja and WGM Mitra Hejazipour among the prominent Iranian...
The 13th World Champion GM Garry Kasparov will face GM Veselin Topalov, the opponent who defeated him in the final rated classical game of his career, in a $144,000 Chess960 match in St. Louis. The two former world champions will play 12 games ov...
World number-one GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Fabiano Caruana headline the first 18 confirmed players for the Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot, November 10-21, in Budapest, which will test a new format combining fast classical, rapid, and bli...
GM Vladimir Kramnik has taken New In Chess magazine to court over an article that accused the former world champion of cyberbullying GM Daniel Naroditsky and examined the impact of his public comments on GM David Navara and others. A hearin...
Former Barcelona and Spain star Gerard Pique has become a strategic shareholder in Global Chess League franchise FYERS American Gambits, adding to a chess portfolio that already includes an investment in Freestyle Chess. Pique is revealed as the ...
Chess.com will host the first debate of the 2026 FIDE presidential election on September 9, bringing together all three candidates—Jan Henric Buettner, Timur Turlov, and Wadim Rosenstein—to discuss their visions for the future of inter...
The Kenyan chess community is mourning the loss of Hawi Kaloki, one of the country's leading chess players and a former national number one. He passed away at the age of 19, just weeks before he was due to make his Olympiad debut. The sad news wa...
GM Shreyas Royal became the youngest British Champion in history at 17, while 11-year-old FM Bodhana Sivanandan broke the age record for the British Women’s title. Fellow prodigy FM Supratit Banerjee, 12, also completed his third IM norm. B...
Indian prodigy FM Aarit Kapil has taken another major step toward the international master title, scoring his second norm with a round to spare before going on to win a round-robin tournament in Serbia ahead of three GMs and three IMs. Extraordin...
WCM Modipalli Deekshitha soared from 1985 to a live rating of 2454 in four European tournaments, climbing to second in the world among girls under 20. Just over a month ago, the 14-year-old Indian from Hyderabad was rated below 2000. Now she has ...
The USA is again missing GM Hikaru Nakamura for the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, but with GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, and Hans Niemann, it remains the top-ranked team in the Open section. Defending champion India, host nation Uzbekistan, and 2018...
Bianca Mitchell-Avila was 16 when she cold-emailed Hollywood star Keanu Reeves asking him to support her chess documentary, and perhaps face her in a final battle against "John Wick." Five years later, she got her game. On Thursday, Mitchell-Avil...
A Russian artillery attack destroyed the 121-year-old building that housed Kherson’s Children’s and Youth Sports School for Chess and Checkers, consuming what the regional chess federation says housed a library of more than 5,000 chess...
Eleven-year-old FM Bodhana Sivanandan added two more age records with a stunning performance at the Dole Open in France last week, becoming the youngest girl ever to score an international master norm and the youngest girl known to defeat a 2600-r...
The President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), Arkady Dvorkovich, has decided to suspend his authority as the head of the chess governing body after being sanctioned by the European Union. Five-time world champion GM Viswanathan Anand...