FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026 has started in Hong Kong, featuring over 40 teams and 300 players.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers. On Friday, Carlsen walked ...

Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh, the youngest World Chess Champion, will miss the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Championships in New York for rest and recovery. Gukesh's decision follows his intense ...

American GM Hikaru Nakamura is not part of the action at the fourth edition of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team ...

World No 2 was speaking ahead of team rapid and blitz championships in Hong Kong, featuring rivals Magnus Carlsen and Hans ...

Dec 29 (Reuters) - Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially quitting following governing body FIDE's decision to bar him from ...

The team announced by FIDE features R. Praggnanandhaa, Aravindh Chithambaram VR., Karthikeyan Murali, Pranesh M, R. Vaishali, Rakshitta Ravi, Aarthie Ramaswamy, Vishruth B and Varsha Ramesh, with ...

For the first time in the history of chess, online play can lead to an official FIDE rating. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and World Chess today announced they have agreed to work toward ...