Total Chess has unveiled a new universal rating system, with Magnus Carlsen at number-one. But nearly a decade after the Grand Chess Tour tried something remarkably similar, can this attempt succeed?

Russian prosecutors have abruptly withdrawn a lawsuit targeting the new FIDE president and his business interests, less than two weeks after reports emerged that assets worth hundreds of millions of ...

Fresh from winning a second Olympiad gold together, Uzbekistan's two biggest chess stars are joining forces again—with ...

The world governing body is preparing to relax classical chess time controls after a General Assembly vote, but disagreements ...

It's been a week since Timur Turlov was elected FIDE president. Already, he is grappling with the consequences of putting himself on the world stage.

England's record-breaking chess prodigy continued her extraordinary year with a perfect score at the Belfast qualifier for ...

Nodirbek Abdusattorov returns to defend his title against a field mixing established stars, rising talents and British ...

The World Amateur Chess Championships are due to take place in Malaysia next month despite entry restrictions on Israeli citizens that appear to conflict with FIDE's own commitment to equal access.

The scandal that inspired a Netflix documentary is fully behind Hans Niemann now. He has fought hard to get to this point. Four years ago, GM Hans Niemann was the most controversial man in chess. An ...

He's the world number-one. He's the GOAT of chess. He's won it seven times... But he collapsed in time trouble. This is not vintage GM Magnus Carlsen. Not at all. The world number-one started this ...