Chess Candidate: How Vaishali beat former world champion Chen Liansheng
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April 6, 2026
India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu plays against China’s Tan Zhongyi (photo by Yoav Nis) New Delhi: If you were to poll the global chess community to choose the likely winner of the 2026 FIDE Candidates, the answer would be nearly unanimous:…
‘We saw tanks on the road’: What it’s like to play chess in a regional conflict
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March 27, 2026
A visual representation of Pravin Thipsay’s experience (AI-generated photos) New Delhi: Cyprus, an island nation in the eastern Mediterranean, will host the open and women’s divisions of the 2026 Candidates Championship starting on March 28 and…
Norway Chess 2026: From D Gukesh to Divya Deshmukh – Complete List of Open and Women’s Players | Chess News
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February 20, 2026
The 2026 Norwegian Chess Championship will be held in Oslo from May 25 to June 5 and will feature elite competitions for men and women with the same prize money and the same format. Six players from each event will compete in a double round-robin with a…