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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 …

The World Chess Championship match between the defending Champion Ding Liren and the Challenger Gukesh D is set to take place from 20th November to 15th December in Singapore. The …

Russian tycoon Wadim Rosenstein confirmed on X that WR Chess Masters High Roller with $1 million buy-in is cancelled. Following Hans Niemann’s announcement that he is “withdrawing” from the WR …

During the Cairns Cup, Saint Louis Chess Club co-founder Dr. Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield announced a new women’s chess initiative, the Cairns Chess Queens Award, a new initiative created to encourage …

17-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh D caught Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead of the Candidates Tournament 2024 in the fifth round. Gukesh scored his second victory in the tournament to tie …

The third edition of the Sunway Formentera Chess Festival starts today in Spain! The event will be played from 9-19 April at the Hotel Club Sunway Punta Prima, Formentera – …