Magnus: "I felt I generally played the best chess, but stumbling over the finish line, winning by half a point after a lot of results go my way... I feel in parts of the game I'm a lot better than the kids... I generally feel I can outplay the kids, which feels good!"

Faustino Oro won game 1 against Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, in the clash of two of the chess world's biggest prodigies! The Semifinal continues: chess.com/events/info/20…

Chess is finally on Duolingo!

Bibisara had the chance to win a miniature in the #CairnsCup first round with 14.Nxf7!! Kxf7 15.Nxe6!, but she's still much better after 14.Qa4 in the game. chess.com/events/2025-ca…

Finally. Learn chess like a queen.

Why Should Barstool Play Chess? buff.ly/ZoUZLZO

The traditional "Hand & Brain" format has been renamed to "Head & Hand".

Norway's Elham Amar draws final round in Munich, guaranteeing first place with 7.5/9. The 20-year-old is now the 6th Norwegian to break 2600, after Agdestein, Carlsen, Hammer, Tari, and Christiansen. Unlikely this would have been possible without Johan H. Andresen's backing

Iranian GM Amin Tabatabaei was recently cleared by FIDE's Ethics & Disciplinary Commission for boycotting an Israeli team during the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz Teams, citing illness. A Syrian player was given a warning.

"When are you going to become world champion?"

Top 25 after the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship 2025 🇫🇷 Firouzja improved his World Blitz ranking to #3 and World Rapid ranking to #2. Congratulations to the winning teams: Rapid: 🥇 Team MGD1 🥈 Hexamind Chess Team 🥉 Freedom Blitz: 🥇 WR Chess Team 🥈 KazChess 🥉

I wonder how many times this clip has recirculated, but it never gets old. This one now has 9 million views in a day.

Gata Kamsky transfers to France after 36 years representing the U.S. chess.com/news/view/gata…

Whether representing the U.S. or not, we are still thrilled that GM Kamsky has come back to chess and continued to make an impact as an adult. Kamsky, who just turned 51, was previously a front-runner for a now-up-for-grabs U.S. Senior Championship spot: new.uschess.org/invitational-i…

I love it when ChessBase advertises tournaments "where you can combine your participation with an enchanting holiday": European Championship for Under 8 - Under 14, European Senior Championship 50+ European Corporate Championship

Already the world number-one in classical, rapid and blitz, Carlsen now also leads the newly-introduced rating list for Freestyle Chess. chess.com/news/view/magn…

Carlsen will continue to play for St. Pauli in the German Bundesliga next season, which means he is not retiring from classical chess just yet. "I'm looking forward to the team’s continued development – and to contributing to it." fcstpauli.com/en/news/publis…

Who are the favourites to become the 44th female grandmaster?

I'll become a grandmaster in two weeks.

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