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Grand Chess Tour St. Louis Rapid & Blitz and R Praggnanandhaa in Chess action

Aug 7, 2026

Praggnanandhaa Wins Grand Chess Tour St. Louis Rapid & Blitz

R Praggnanandhaa sealed the Grand Chess Tour St. Louis Rapid & Blitz crown with a penultimate-round draw against Javokhir Sindarov

St. Louis Rapid and Blitz and Grand Chess Tour in Chess action

Aug 5, 2026

Praggnanandhaa Leads St. Louis Rapid; Blitz Phase Up Next

R Praggnanandhaa finished first in the rapid section at the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz with 12 points from nine rounds, before the 18-game blitz phase

FIDE World Championship Match 2026 and Gukesh D in Chess action

Jul 29, 2026

Geneva to host Gukesh vs Sindarov FIDE World Championship 2026

FIDE confirmed Geneva will stage the 2026 World Championship match between reigning champion Gukesh D and challenger Javokhir Sindarov from November 25 to December 15

D Gukesh and Javokhir Sindarov in Chess action

Jul 22, 2026

Gukesh Slump Raises 2026 World Chess Title Defence Doubts

Viswanathan Anand and GM Srinath Narayanan believe the FIDE Olympiad could help D Gukesh regain confidence ahead of his 2026 World Championship defence

FIDE World Team Blitz Championship and Dragon Chilling in Chess action

Jun 27, 2026

Dragon Chilling win FIDE World Team Blitz golden double

Dragon Chilling completed a golden double in Hong Kong as Endgame.AI took silver and Uzbekistan claimed bronze at the FIDE World Team Blitz Championship

Serbian Individual Chess Championship and Serbian Championship 2026 in Chess action

Jun 27, 2026

Bojan Maksimović wins 2026 Serbian Chess Championship title

GM Bojan Maksimović claimed his maiden national crown at the 2026 Serbian Individual Chess Championship in Senta with 6.5/9