Doha is officially in chess mode. The world’s top players have arrived in the Qatari capital for the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2025, running from now until December 30 at Qatar ...

Magnus Carlsen, widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all time, won the World Blitz Championship in December 2025 in Doha, Qatar. It was his ninth world blitz title and the twentieth world ...

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Magnus Carlsen pushed away a camera after losing to Vladislav Artemiev at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Qatar, the latest example of the former world ...

Team Vitality has signed the 2024 French chess champion Jules Moussard to its roster while retaining Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

The FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 is all set to begin in Germany with Magnus Carlsen leading the field. Here’s ...

Last November, in round eight of the Arab Women’s Chess Championship, Abu Dhabi-raised chess player Rouda Alserkal had a realization. If she won the match, she’d earn enough points to be named a Woman ...