Former FIDE deputy president and seven-time Greek champion Georgios Makropoulos has died just days before he was due to stand for election again in Samarkand.

India has handed Javokhir Sindarov the Chess Olympiad torch to take home to Uzbekistan. Given what the World Championship challenger is hoping to take from India over the next three months, perhaps ...

The teams are in. Here are the players heading to Samarkand for the 2026 Chess Olympiad, with the USA top seeds in the Open ...

The warning comes as World Champion Gukesh D prepares for the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand before defending his world title ...

Turlov believes artificial intelligence could become part of the solution. With AI models now capable of tackling ...

With FIDE's Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, drawing close, here's how chess is transforming the lives of refugee ...

What is King and Queen Checkmate? A King Queen Checkmate occurs when a King and Queen work together to entrap the enemy King to the point of no legal movement, placing the King in check without escape ...

GM Magnus Carlsen isn't changing his favourite. But he isn't writing Gukesh off either. The world number-one, the guy who relinquished his classical crown to let others have a go, has again backed GM ...