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Grandmaster Mateusz Bartel emerged clear winner of the massive Benasque International Chess Tournament by scoring 8.5 points from 10 games, leaving the chasing pack half a point behind. Bartel bagged…

The 9-year-old chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan was selected last week to represent England in the upcoming Chess Olympiad 2024. She was also the main star of the massive outdoor event…

The 103rd Irish Chess Championship is scheduled to take place from 3-11th August at The Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan, Dublin. Players rated 1900 or above on any published FIDE or ICU…

As former world champion Vladimir Kramnik never recognized the final score of The Clash of Claims match in Madrid, which he lost to Mexican GM Jose Martínez Alcántara 11.5-14.5, Ilya…

The 52nd Annual World Chess Open took place from 3-7th July at the Sheraton Downtown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The event had 6 sections with the total prize fund of…

Record-breaking nine-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan celebrated her call-up to England’s chess team in a packed Trafalgar Square on Sunday as ChessFest drew its biggest-ever crowd. More than 23,000 people—8,000 more than…

The Norwegian Chess Championship took place from 28th June to 6th July at the Storefjell Resort Hotel, Golsfjellet. The event consisted of 16 sections with the top Klasse Elite being…

Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman passed away after suffering a heart attack during the 12th round of the National Chess Championship in Dhaka on Friday evening. Fellow chess players and officials then…

The 33rd Kavala Open International Chess Tournament, dedicated to Vasilis Theodoridis, is scheduled to take place from 29th July to 5th August at the Megali Leschi – Great Club, next…

More than 15,000 people are expected to descend on London’s Trafalgar Square on Sunday, July 7, for ChessFest 2024, the UK’s biggest chess event. The festival, now in its fourth…