Candidates

December 6, 2025

A heated exchange between Magnus Carlsen and FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky has sparked a big discussion about how players should...

November 26, 2025

In the high-stakes, silence-filled arena of the 2025 FIDE World Cup final, the pressure was enough to crack veterans twice...

November 26, 2025

19-year-old Uzbek prodigy Javokhir Sindarov completed one of the most remarkable runs in modern chess history. On November 26, 2025,...

November 25, 2025

The field for the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 is practically set. After the Chess World Cup in Goa, three players...

November 23, 2025

The 2025 FIDE World Cup in Goa produced one of its most dramatic finishes yet, as China’s Wei Yi and...

November 21, 2025

Indian grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa is on the verge of qualifying for the 2026 Candidates Tournament through the 2025 FIDE Circuit....

November 19, 2025

One dramatic day of rapid and blitz chess has decided everything. After four classical draws on Tuesday kept three semifinal...

November 19, 2025

For the second straight cycle, Arjun Erigaisi has come heartbreakingly close to qualifying for the Candidates Tournament — the most...

November 13, 2025

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa’s fourth-round loss to Daniil Dubov at the 2025 FIDE World Cup didn’t just end his own run —...

November 10, 2025

Hikaru Nakamura has completed his public “road to the Candidates” in good fashion. The American grandmaster secured the necessary conditions...