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News The July 2026 FIDE Rating List, Explained One roundup, every storyline behind July's FIDE list: who climbed, who dropped, and the two tournaments that drove nearly all of it. Jul 26, 2026 News Timur Turlov: The Billionaire Candidate for FIDE President A Kazakhstan-based billionaire just switched from running for FIDE deputy to running for the top job, with a five-time World Champion as his running mate. Jul 26, 2026 News Carlsen's 15 Years at World No. 1 Fifteen unbroken years at world No. 1. Only one player in chess history has ever held the top spot longer, and only barely more than one other has come close. Jul 25, 2026 News Why Titled Tuesday Keeps Delivering Two Tuesdays, two different winners, two genuinely compelling storylines. Here is why this weekly online event keeps outperforming its own format. Jul 25, 2026 News How EU Sanctions Reached the Top of World Chess A Hungarian election most chess fans never noticed is the reason FIDE's president had to suspend himself. Here is the full chain of events. Jul 25, 2026 News The 2026-2027 FIDE Circuit, Explained The road to the 2028 Candidates just got longer and stricter. Here is exactly how the new two-year FIDE Circuit counts your results. Jul 25, 2026 Basics Chess960: Fischer Random Chess960 randomises the starting position. No memorised openings, just pure chess understanding. Jul 25, 2026 Basics Three-Check Chess In Three-Check chess, giving check 3 times wins the game. Here is how it changes everything. Jul 25, 2026 Basics Bughouse Chess Rules Bughouse is 2v2 team chess. Captured pieces pass to your partner to drop on their board. Jul 25, 2026 Basics What Is Atomic Chess? In Atomic Chess, every capture triggers an explosion. Adjacent pieces are destroyed. Here is the complete guide. Jul 25, 2026 Basics Crazyhouse Chess Rules In Crazyhouse, captured pieces switch sides and can be dropped back onto the board. Here are the rules. Jul 25, 2026 Basics Chess Annotation Symbols The !, ?, and !! symbols in chess notation evaluate move quality. Here is what every symbol means. Jul 25, 2026