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46th World Chess Olympiad 2026 - Games and Results
The 46th World Chess Olympiad took place Wed 16th to Sun 27th Sep 2026 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The USA, India and hosts Uzbekistan are the top three seeds, India, Georgia, Kazakhstan and China are…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities 2026 - Games and Results
The 3rd FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities took place Fri 11th to Thu 17th Sep 2026. Poland beat Cuba in Round 5 to take the lead which they retained to the end, Cuba took the Silver…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗Clutch Chess: The Legends 2026 - Games and results
Clutch Chess: The Legends was a match between Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov held over three days at the Saint Louis Chess Club. The games were Chess960. There were two time controls: Rapid…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 - Games and results
The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League took place in Bengaluru, India 5th-13th September 2026. 6 Teams played over 10 rounds in rapid (10m+2spm) chess. The winners were Ganges Grandmasters with Ian…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗Legends and Prodigies II 2026 - Games and results
The second Legends and Prodigies tournament took place in Madrid Mon 7th to Sat 12th Sep 2026. David Anton Guijarro was a convincing winner with a score of 7.5/10 a point and a half clear of Jose…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗European Senior Team Championship 2026 - Games and results
The European Senior Team Championship 2026 took place Thu 27th August to Fri 4th September 2026. In the +50 event final Standings: 1st England 1, 17pts. 2nd Italy, 16pts. 3rd-4th Netherlands were…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗Season Four of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League - Start
The 2026 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League runs Sat 5th-13th Sept in Bengaluru, India. It uses a rapid time control of 20 minutes plus 2 seconds a move. Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja and…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗TCh-ESP 1st Div 2026 - Games and results
The Spanish CECLUB 1st Div took place Thu 27th August to Wed 2nd September 2026. Club Ajedrez Solvay headed by Vasyl Ivanchuk won the title. Final Standings: 1st Club Ajedrez Solvay, 14.0 points. 2nd…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗Green Hills Resort Masters 2026 - Games and results
The Green Hills Resort Masters took place 30th-31st August in the Bostanlyk district which is 75km from Tashkent. The event was one day of rapid and one of blitz, the rapid games counted double.…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗Sofia Cup 2026 - Games and results
The Sofia Cup, also known as the Balkan Rapid and Blitz Championships took place 29th to 30th August 2026. Players: Alireza Firouzja Rauf Mamedov, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Vojtech Plat, Leon…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗Grand Chess Tour Finals 2026 - Games and results
The Grand Chess Tour Finals took place in Saint Louis 22nd to 27th August 2026. This was the final event of the tour and a total prize fund of $450,000, was distributed as follows: $200,000 for first…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗6th Cairns Cup 2026 - Games and Results
The 6th Cairns Cup 2026 took place Mon 10th to Fri 21st August 2026. Tan Zhongyi won with 6½/9 half a point clear of Alice Lee on 6. She earned her first GM norm in the 2026 Cairns Cup at the age of…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗13th Sinquefield Cup 2026 - Games and Results
The 13th Sinquefield Cup took place 10th to 20th August 2026. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Javokhir Sindarov, Vincent Keymer, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Praggnanandhaa R, Jorden Van Foreest, Maxime…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗Carlsen wins the Chess event in the Esports World Cup - Final
Magnus Carlsen convincingly won the lucrative chess final of the Esports World Cup which is being held in Paris, France. The event as a whole has 25 tournaments held over 24 different games and takes…
Read on The Week in Chess ↗Esports World Cup 2026 - Games and Results
The Esports World Cup chess section took place in Paris Tue 11th Aug to Sat 15th Aug 2026. This Double Elimination KO event featured Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakmura, Alireza Firouzja and Denis Lazavik…
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