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In a Sinquefield Cup round where almost every game ended in a decisive result, Levon Aronian pulled off the biggest turnaround of the day — clawing back a lost position to beat Vincent Keymer, then explaining afterward exactly why nothing on a chessboard
At the first-ever FIDE World University Team Championship, six games in the final ended in quiet draws — so the entire trophy for a Russian mining university came down to just one player, who won every single game that mattered.
At the biggest British Chess Championship ever held, 17-year-old Shreyas Royal won the men's title while 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest women's champion in the event's 122-year history — and she did it with a triple crown to match.
A 14-year-old Indian player spent one summer touring European tournaments — and came home having jumped 469 rating points, earned her first IM norm, and beaten players hundreds of points above her. Here's how it happened.
A 16-year-old American grandmaster just beat three former and reigning Women's World Champions back-to-back to win the 2026 Women's Speed Chess Championship — and she's already planning to celebrate with ice cream.
A brutal three-day qualifier in Paris handed out the last five tickets into the $1.5 million Esports World Cup — and almost every winner had to lose a match first to earn their spot.
The team lists for the 2026 Chess Olympiad in Samarkand are out, and buried in the numbers is a delicious subplot: World Champion Gukesh and his challenger Sindarov could lead their countries against each other months before their real title fight begins.
Losing is hard for every child — but chess is one of the few activities that teaches kids how to lose well, learn fast, and try again. Here's why that skill matters more than any trophy.
Five years ago, a teenage filmmaker from New Mexico sent a cold email to Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, hoping he'd join her chess documentary. This week, they finally sat down at the board together — and she won.