Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, has met the requirements for the International Master title, becoming the youngest woman ever to do so and breaking Judit Polgar's record from 1988. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Hans Niemann won Chess.com's Freestyle Friday on October 23, two days after a U.S. Championship loss to Jeffery Xiong that Chess.com says dropped him out of the 2700 club. He edged Sina Movahed on tiebreaks. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Bayegan Pendik won the European Club Cup on tiebreaks over Novy Bor, both on 13 match points. Monte-Carlo defended the women's title, edging Gambit Bonnevoie on tiebreaks. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

"If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." — Judit Polgár #chess

GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat GM Nodirbek Yakubboev in 40 moves on board 1 in round 6 of the 41st European Chess Club Cup. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Wesley So beat Fabiano Caruana 1.5-0.5 in a rapid playoff to win his fourth U.S. Championship, a day after losing his lead in the final round. Caruana's bid for a fifth straight title is over. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Javokhir Sindarov calls his World Championship match against Gukesh Dommaraju the toughest event of his life, and says he may not get another chance at the title. The match starts in Geneva on November 24. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

A month after Timur Turlov won the FIDE presidency, Russian prosecutors have dropped their extremism case against him without explanation, and Ukrainian officials are split over Mykhailo Podolyak's FIDE vice presidency. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Lionel Messi posted a chess-themed ChatGPT ad to his 517 million Instagram followers, recommending an opening called Goat Horns: 1.e4 a6 2.d4 c6. Chess.com says top players are unlikely to approve. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Rachael Li, 16, has won the 2026 U.S. Women's Championship on her first try, scoring 8.5/11 as the seventh seed. She is the youngest rookie ever to take the title. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Rachael Li, 16, drew Anna Zatonskih to win the U.S. Women's Championship outright. In the open, Wesley So lost to Sam Sevian and now faces Fabiano Caruana in a playoff. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

IM Levy Rozman's new book, How to Win at Chess, Next Level, has made the New York Times bestseller list. His two How to Win at Chess titles hold the top two spots among Amazon's chess books. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Anish Giri and 15-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus all lost in Round 4 of the European Club Cup. In the women's section, CE Gambit Bonnevoie leads alone on 8 match points. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Wesley So drew Hans Niemann in under an hour and leads the U.S. Championship on 7/10, a point clear of Fabiano Caruana and Grigoriy Oparin with one round left. Rachael Li leads the women's by a point. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

"Confidence is very important — even pretending to be confident." — Viswanathan Anand #chess

Wadim Rosenstein lost the FIDE presidential election to Timur Turlov 110-85, but his CAS appeal over Turlov's eligibility is still pending, with no ruling timetable announced. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has dropped its lawsuit seeking to seize the Russian assets of new FIDE President Timur Turlov and companies linked to Freedom Holding. No reason has been given. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

US Championship Round 9: Wesley So drew Fabiano Caruana and stays a full point clear on 6.5/9. Rachael Li beat Nazi Paikidze to lead the women's on 7/9 and secure her first IM norm. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

GMs Wei Yi, Arjun Erigaisi and Richard Rapport all won in round 2 of the 2026 European Chess Club Cup, moving to 2/2 as the favorites kept their momentum. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…

The FIDE Chess in Education Commission has announced its online and in-person courses for autumn and winter 2026, training lecturers and teachers of educational chess. #chess chessnewsnetwork.com/article…