The attention of the world’s chess aficionados will turn towards Singapore from Monday, as the city-state gears up to host the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) World Championship final 2024. It ...

The Total Chess World Championship Tour will consist of Fast Classical (45 minutes + 30-second increment), Rapid and Blitz ...

FIDE has approved a new Combined World Champion format, which is set to begin in 2027. This innovation may transform chess ...

A dispatch from the pivotal Game 11 in Singapore that helped make Gukesh Dommaraju an 18-year-old chess champion. Ding Liren, top right, and Gukesh Dommaraju, top left, are seen during Game 1 of the ...

The tour will consist of 24 players, with some qualifying through rating and the remaining through eligible tournaments.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This holiday season, New York City’s financial district will transform into a battleground for the world's greatest chess minds in the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess ...

The new Total Chess World Championship Tour, which will come into effect from 2027, will feature four events each year across various cities: three events with 24 players while the finale will have fo ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Carlsen ...

FIDE and Norway Chess announced that a World Combined Champion will be chosen from separate events in Fast Classic, Rapid and ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships is taking the fusion of chess and finance to the next level with the introduction of Wall Street Gambit, a one-of-a-kind ...

World Chess champion Magnus Carlsen will no longer compete in the World Rapid or Blitz Chess Championships after violating the International Chess Federation’s dress code policy. Carlsen, who was set ...