The announcement of the 2025 World Cup for young chess players taking place in Georgia has raised questions about the FIDE’s decision-making process and its ties to Russia. It seems like FIDE is not ...

The Russian opposition is an odd bunch. While not supporting Russia's brutal all-out war against Ukraine and its people, the leaders of the so-called opposition don't want their country to lose. A ...

In 2022, 44 top Russian chess players cosigned a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine. “Chess teaches you to be responsible for your actions ...

Intelligence is attractive, and so are these 11 chess grandmasters and players, whose moves have us locked in checkmate.

President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ... He likened his dilemma to a "zugzwang" - the position where a player in chess or draughts faces only bad moves. Damian Reszka, president ...

The 2022 Chess Olympiad was supposed to be held in Russia, but it was moved from Khanty-Mansiysk and awarded to Chennai following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The success of the ...

#RapidBlitz More than 300 chess players from various countries competed in the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, which ended in New York on Tuesday night. 🎄♟️ This ...