1+ hour, 57+ min ago  (389+ words) Uzbekistan's day was Tuesday. But Wednesday was unquestionably India's as GM Vaishali R ended a thrilling 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates as the outright champion. The 24-year-old from Chennai, who saw her younger brother GM Praggnanandhaa R stumble in the open event,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (315+ words) Superlatives flowed on Tuesday as GM Javokhir Sindarov completed a remarkable, historic victory at the FIDE Candidates Tournament to book himself a date with destiny later this year. The 20-year-old Uzbek won with a round to spare after an accurate…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (438+ words) A remarkable week in chess ended on Friday with GM Javokhir Sindarov on the brink of a historic win in the FIDE Candidates Tournament'but with GM Anish Giri emerging as his main, perhaps surprising, challenger. Right from the first move…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (680+ words) Deep Blue built by IBM in the 1990s is a chess system. Not just software'more like a full setup designed around one task. The goal was simple: play strong enough to compete with top-level humans. The deep blue chess computer didn't…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (364+ words) While the chess world's attention is firmly fixed on the drama of the FIDE Candidates Tournament'where GM Javokhir Sindarov is tearing it up'the top players may be intrigued to hear that a former champion, GM Ding Liren, is back. This…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (615+ words) Hang on" is this already over? That's what the chess world was left asking itself on Tuesday night as GM Javokhir Sindarov, the undoubted man of the moment, pulled even further into the lead at the all-important FIDE Candidates Tournament....

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1+ week, 3+ day ago  (201+ words) "It's fucking one million degrees in the playing hall," he told TV 2, as reported by journalist Tarjei J. Svensen. "I didn't feel like I had enough oxygen getting to my head. I considered resigning just because I was so damn fed…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (592+ words) Chess has always made one promise: that the human mind, at its best, is something worth watching. Two people, one board, no equipment. Pure thought, made visible. It is, in its way, the most elegant sales pitch in sport. Which…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (206+ words) Uzbekistan Has a New National Hero. Please, Nobody Tell the President Yet. World Chess Uzbekistan Has a New National Hero. Please, Nobody Tell the President Yet. Somewhere in Tashkent right now, people are refreshing chess websites with the same intensity…...