The Week in Chess 1667 of 19th October 2026 by Mark Crowther. 35 stories and 8561 games. Links down the right hand margin for games in PGN or Chessbase format or on the The Week in Chess Download page ...

Lionel Messi’s ChatGPT ad has the AI teaching him chess on a board with kings and queens swapped, suggesting an opening that ...

A team from Karnet Prison Farm, WA, Australia, debuted in the 6 th Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners.

The election of a new head of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) has sparked a political scandal in Ukraine. Ukraine’s national chess federation criticized the choice of Timur Turlov, ...

Ukrainian military personnel killed Russian occupier Nikita Feokistov, who had participated in the war against Ukraine. The ...

But the talented footballer is also a savvy chess player. Through a partnership with Chrome, Burrow got a chance to dip into ...

The world number-one has signed up for yet another new tournament, this time in Barcelona, as the MOVE Cup launches with a ...

Chess is also simple to learn and impossible to master. The rules take an afternoon, and after that, you have a game with ...

Discover the best online games to kill boredom, including Tetris, GeoGuessr, chess, drawing games, multiplayer titles and ...

Total Chess has unveiled a new universal rating system, with Magnus Carlsen at number-one. But nearly a decade after the Grand Chess Tour tried something remarkably similar, can this attempt succeed?

Todd Bowles will have to be quite creative to surprise Aaron Rodgers. Known for his complex defensive schemes and disguising ...