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Updated 02:06 PMMagnus Carlsen will look to defend his title at the $1.5 million Esports World Cup. Chess is part of the event for the second time, with this year's competition taking place in Paris from 11 to 15 August. Eight players h…
Wesley So remains the sole leader of the Sinquefield Cup after round four, holding a half-point advantage over his nearest rivals. The only decisive result of the day saw Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu defeat Jorden van Foree…
WIM Svitlana Demchenko presents a selection of practical opening courses designed to give players flexible and dynamic repertoire choices. Her trainers cover the Alapin Variation against the Sicilian, the aggressive Leni…
Shreyas Royal, 17, is youngest ever British chess champion as new generation takes over
Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, is youngest ever British women’s champion while Supratit Banerjee, 12, becomes England’s youngest ever international master A new generation took over at the top of British chess on Sunday, when a…
Nihal Sarin, Arjun Erigaisi, Denis Lazavik and Hans Niemann claimed the final four places in the Esports World Cup playoffs after progressing through Thursday's losers brackets. They join Alireza Firouzja, Nodirbek Abdus…
GM Wesley So continues to lead after round four of the 2026 Sinquefield Cup on Thursday. There was one decisive game, where GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu gave GM Jorden van Foreest his third loss. Praggnanandhaa is now ha…
The World Championship match between Gukesh Dommaraju and Ding Liren demonstrated how important it can be to catch your opponent on the wrong foot in the opening. In her 60-minute course, Svitlana Demchenko shows how thi…
19-year-old GM Denis Lazavik pulled off the day's biggest upset to defeat GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and book a 2026 Esports World Cup quarterfinal against GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov. He's joined by GM Nihal Sarin, who faces GM…
A few weeks ago this great chess organiser and sponsor passed away at the age of 57. For many years he invited us to his "Zurich Chess Challenge", which saw some of the world's top players competing. During that time we …
GM Wesley So broke out to the sole lead of the 2026 Sinquefield Cup with a win, with the black pieces, over GM Fabiano Caruana. There were two more decisive games: GM Vincent Keymer bounced back from yesterday's loss wit…
Defending Champion GM Magnus Carlsen said he was "in no shape to play chess," but he still beat GMs Andrey Esipenko and Hans Niemann 1.5-0.5 to reach Friday's Playoffs of the $1.5 million 2026 Esports World Cup. He's joi…
The Kenyan chess community is mourning the loss of Hawi Kaloki, one of the country's leading chess players and a former national number one. He passed away at the age of 19, just weeks before he was due to make his Olymp…
More Than a Half-Year Update 2026
Mobile updates, site updates, broadcasts, events, and more!
Round two of the 2026 Sinquefield Cup featured wins on four out of five boards, with the white pieces scoring every point. GM Levon Aronian came back from the dead to beat GM Vincent Keymer, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave bea…
EP 494- GM Jacob Aagaard on How to Improve Calculation & Learn From Your Mistakes
GM Jacob Aagaard is an award-winning author, a renowned trainer who has worked with GMs Sam Shankland, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and many others, and the co-founder of Quality Chess. Despite all of his accomplishments and th…
The 6th Cairns Cup takes place in Saint Louis August 10th - 21st, 2026. For the first time this women's event is alongside the Sinquefield Cup. Players: Bibisara Assaubayeva, Anna Muzychuk, Humpy Koneru, Zhongyi Tan, Ale…
The 13th Sinquefield Cup takes place 10th to 20th August 2026. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Javokhir Sindarov, Vincent Keymer, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Praggnanandhaa R, Jorden Van Foreest, Maxime Vachier-lagrave, Levon Aroni…
The 112th British Chess Championships took place at the University of Warwick 1st to 9th August 2026. Luke McShane, Michael Adams, Shreyas Royal, Harry Grieve etc. Most interesting is the number of young players with Bo…
Lichess Meetup: Prague
Sunday, September 20th, 2026
Chess: Adams loses first British Championship game since 1988 to rising star
The Taunton grandmaster had been unbeaten in 87 games in a row, during which time he had won all his nine titles Michael Adams, the 54-year-old Taunton grandmaster aiming for a record-equalling 10th British title, began …
EP 493- GM Vasif Durarbayli: Why Every Serious Chess Player Needs a Coach
GM Vasif Durarbayli is a former World Youth Champion and two-time champion of his native Azerbaijan. Now based in St. Louis after graduating from Webster University, Vasif has turned much of his attention to ChessEver, a…
Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks another world age record at Dole Trophy
Harrow schoolgirl eclipses legend Judit Polgar as youngest girl ever to score international master result England’s 11-year-old talent Bodhana Sivanandan fought her way to another world age record last Saturday. Sivanand…
Fury as UK’s only all-female chess team promoted – then told they must recruit a man
She Plays to Win face losing one of their female players after being told team must include a male The UK’s only all-female chess team have been promoted to the game’s top tier – only to be told they will have to add a m…
Geneva lands world chess title match as Gukesh and Sindarov set to make history
Geneva chosen over US, India and Cyprus Switzerland to host for first time since 2004 Gukesh and Sindarov both 20 at first move Geneva has been chosen to host this year’s world chess championship match, with Fide anno…
The WR Chess Rapid & Blitz Miami was a two day rapid and then blitz match between the USA and Uzbekistan ahead of the Olympiad. Team: Ukbekistan: Javokhir Sindarov, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Nodirbek Yakubboev, Sham…
EP 492: Mr. Dodgy on Improving at Classical Chess + Chess Fam
Michael Duke (better known as Mr. Dodgy, or @chessproblem on X) is a Chessable author, the co-founder of Chessfam, and co-host of the Chicken Chess Club podcast. He has built a large online following through his passion…
Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks world age record from 38 years ago
Harrow schoolgirl eclipses legend Judit Polgar’s mark as youngest girl ever to defeat a grandmaster rated above 2600, then draws with a former 2700 England’s 11-year-old talent Bodhana Sivanandan scored her best individu…
The Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters took place Thu 16th Jul to Wed 22nd Jul 2026. Alireza Firouzja took clear first place with 4½/7 half a point clear of Dmitry Andreikin and Arjun Erigaisi, The poor form of World Champio…
EP 491: Lessons from the Naroditsky Memorial with FM Dalton Perrine, GM Eugene Perelshteyn and NM Mike Mahoney
By all accounts, the Naroditsky Memorial was a touching tribute to the legendary streamer, educator and grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky. This week I welcome three guests to share their stories from the memorable event in C…
This Millennium Supreme T2 review is both a review and a full walkthrough. I will cover everything in the manual, plus the things the manual leaves out. By the end, you will know exactly how to set up this board, connect…
EP 490- Bruce Pandolfini on 50 Years of Teaching Chess
Bruce Pandolfini is an American chess legend who has written many popular books, consulted on The Queen's Gambit and numerous other films and television projects featuring chess, and worked with countless future masters,…
Sergei Tiviakov was the surprise winner of the 2026 Netherlands Chess Championships held at the Renaissance Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Hotel. Whilst the event was missing the strongest two players, Anish Giri and Jordan…
Titled Arenas Announcement — July to September 2026
Announcing our schedule for upcoming Titled Arenas!
EP 489- IM Rose Atwell on Discipline, Improvement, and Chess Psychology
17-year-old IM-elect Rose Atwell is one of the brightest young stars in American chess. She recently earned her International Master title, tied for first at the National High School Championship, and qualified for the U…
6/25/2026 – ChessBase Magazine offers a window to the world of professional chess. Nagesh Havanur takes a look at the current issue, CBM 231. 2836 games, mainly from the Candidates Tournament and European Individual Cham…
2026 Washington Senior Chess Championship – ROUND 5 Round 5 of the 2026 Washington Senior Chess Championship. It is 3 PM. I have just lost a crushing game in round 4, and now I am sitting across from Geoff Gale, rated 20…
2026 Washington Senior Chess Championship – ROUND 4 There’s a particular kind of chess pain that comes not from losing — but from almost winning. Round 4 of the 2026 Washington Senior Chess Championship was that kind of …
A few months ago, I made myself a promise. Less blitz, more slow chess. After spending the better part of a year flexing my pattern-recognition muscles in three-minute games (and watching my classical thinking shrivel li…
2026 Washington Senior Chess Championship – ROUND 3 The King’s Indian Attack has been my faithful companion against the French Defense for years now, and Round 3 of the 2026 Washington Senior Open gave me another chance …
Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement
Take Take Take will use Lichess as the infrastructure of their new play zone, in a win for open source
Lichess Mobile App Update
Variants, local play vs computer and more added!
Announcing the ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix 2026
A $20,000 prize event open to all Lichess streamers’ teams