Ideas, Openings & Improvement

One roundup, every storyline behind July's FIDE list: who climbed, who dropped, and the two tournaments that drove nearly all of it.

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.

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.

Two Tuesdays, two different winners, two genuinely compelling storylines. Here is why this weekly online event keeps outperforming its own format.

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.

The road to the 2028 Candidates just got longer and stricter. Here is exactly how the new two-year FIDE Circuit counts your results.

Dvorkovich did not resign, he suspended himself. Here is the procedural difference, why it matters, and who is actually running FIDE right now.

Two twenty-year-olds, one classical crown. Everything you need to know about the 2026 World Chess Championship between Gukesh and Sindarov.

The reigning World Champion has had, by his own admission, a rough 2026. Here is exactly how rough, tournament by tournament, ahead of defending his title.

World Champion Gukesh finished dead last. Alireza Firouzja finished unbeaten and back in the world top ten. Here is the full story from Chennai.

CVC Capital Partners just bought into the world's largest chess platform. Here is why a private equity firm known for sports and gaming deals wants a piece of chess.

Four years after the scandal that defined his career, Hans Niemann is back at the board with the world's elite. Here is what that actually looked like in Chennai.