Chess Masterclasses

04/09/2026

Faustino Oro, often hailed as the “Messi of chess,” achieved a historic milestone in his chess career, becoming the second-youngest Grandmaster in history.Born on October 14, 2013, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Faustino was introduced to chess at the age of six by his father – a chess enthusiast...

04/09/2026

FIDE confirms Faustino Oro as the world’s youngest current grandmaster after the 12-year-old crossed 3300 in blitz on Chess.com.

04/09/2026

As early as the end of 2024, at the Blitz World Championship in New York, Alexander Grischuk played the piece sacrifice 9.Nd5! in the Sicilian Kan Variation – a move that had never before been played at Grandmaster level. To the surprise of our author, Petra Papp, this ‘brilliant idea’ has app...

04/09/2026

Club Ajedrez Solvay completed a perfect campaign at the Spanish "Primera División" in Linares, winning all seven matches to secure the title and promotion to the "División de Honor". Andreu Paterna finished second to claim the other promotion place, while Platja d'Aro took third. Vasyl Ivanchuk le...

04/09/2026

Before Bobby Fischer became World Chess Champion, before the Cold W...

03/09/2026

The FIDE Chess Olympiad 2026 is coming to Samarkand, bringing toget...

02/09/2026

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01/09/2026

While driving NM Juan Sena to the train station one day, already knowing he was fatally ill, a student of his asked: At the end of the road, what matters more? What we achieved or what we gave? Years later, Juan is lying in a hospital bed with almost his entire body paralyzed. He was diagnosed in 20...

30/08/2026

30/08/2026

In a 15-minute video, Demis Hassabis, one of the central scientists working on artificial intelligence, tells us why he worries about AI going rogue. Hassabis, head of Google AI research, is a very strong chess player who created Alpha zero, the first neural network program on which all modern chess...