Fide Candidates 2026 Chess Round 7 Highlights: Praggnanandhaa holds Caruana to a draw; Vaishali collects another win

Javokhir Sindarov, meanwhile, misses out on a fifth consecutive victory at the 2026 Fide Candidates as Dutch GM Anish Giri ...
Yahoo

Chess is taking over the online video game world – and both are changing from this unlikely pairing

As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess ...
Sportstar

FIDE Chess Candidates 2026 Highlights, Round 8: Divya wins to move joint-top; Praggnanandhaa, Sindarov, Vaishali held to draws

Sindarov drops points, held to draw by Esipenko. Sindarov had previously won against the Russian, but this time the game started fast and ...

Fide Candidates 2026 Chess Round 8 Highlights: Praggnanandhaa loses to Giri; Divya in joint-lead with Vaishali

R Praggnanandhaa resigns in 44 moves against Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri, whom he had defeated in the opening round of the ...

Hans Niemann plots a path from chess villain to vindication

Everybody heard the outlandish cheating accusations. Now Hans Niemann is ready to fight for his reputation, and a chess world ...
Wired

The Grandmaster Who Got Twitch Hooked on Chess

One day in May, chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was watching the last two moves of Felix “xQc” Lengyel’s online chess game. Ever-patient, Nakamura had been mentoring Lengyel, a top Twitch streamer ...