The Bahrain Classical Chess Championship 2026 concluded on 20 June 2026 at Khalifa Sports City, bringing several days of competitive chess to a successful close. The championship highlighted the continued growth of the game in the Kingdom of Bahrain, attracting a strong field of participants and producing closely contested battles across multiple divisions. For the […]

Ukrainian Teen Grandmaster Impresses at World Chess Championship Before Falling to Magnus Carlsen Sixteen-year-old Ukrainian Grandmaster Ihor Samunenkov produced one of the tournament’s biggest surprises at the World Chess Championship, recording five victories over higher-rated opponents before his winning run was brought to an end by the eventual world champion. The World Chess Championship, held […]

After drawing his seventh-round game against Anish Giri, Javokhir Sindarov completed the first half of the FIDE Candidates Tournament as the sole leader with an impressive 6 points from 7 games, opening a 1.5-point advantage over Fabiano Caruana. Meanwhile, Wei Yi celebrated his first victory of the tournament with a brilliant attacking performance against Andrey […]

Fourteen-year-old Ivan Zemlyanskii delivered an outstanding undefeated performance to win the Asian Individual Blitz Chess Championship, held on 10 May 2025 at the Danat Resort Hotel in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Competing under the neutral FIDE flag, the young star finished ahead of 30 grandmasters in a highly competitive field of 111 players representing […]