What do captains do while their players battle for hours? Take a look at how captains spent their time at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad.

FIDE World U-12 Girls Rapid Champion Sharvaanica AS will be at the Temple of Chess in Mumbai today for a free in-person ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay handed over cash incentives to the state's Chess Olympiad 2026 medallists at a ...

Duda’s lucky steaks, Alekhine’s cat, and Petrosian’s lucky numbers. Discover how rituals boost chess confidence and focus.

FIDE has formally approved the Grandmaster titles of Ethan Vaz and S Aswath, the International Master title of Bivor Adak and ...

Chess might be one of the least expressive sports I have ever watched. And I don’t mean that as a criticism. I come from ...

Anish Giri has published a video on his YouTube channel on 5th October 2026 introducing what he calls "a new opening against 1.d4": 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Nc3 a6!?. He played the line at the ...

ChessBase India was among the creators invited to the YouTube Impact Summit 2026, held at the Leela in New Delhi on 29th of September. Sagar Shah was part of ...

Chess lovers with a taste for solving have something special to look forward to this week in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, and Delhi NCR. On October 9, a collaboration between ChessBase India and Chess ...

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