The Latest Breaking News from Alireza Firouzja

The 31-year-old, who took eight months off due to illness, planned a comeback at the “chess Wimbledon” but, with just two weekend rounds left, he is only half a point clear of bottom place

The Chennai teenager is being backed by his country’s second wealthiest individual as he bids to win the Candidates at Toronto in April and qualify for a title match against Ding later in 2024

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, World Blitz Champion & former World No. 2, shares his journey to becoming one of 14 Grandmasters to reach the magical 2800 Elo points in chess & his thoughts on the current World Championship format.

The eight-time British champion was close to defeat in round six, but stayed half a point ahead of his Indian and Iranian rivals going into the final two rounds

The controversial US 20-year-old won first prize in Croatia with 8/9 and a career-best performance rating of 2946, then flew to London for the traditional Classic

The eight-time British champion, 51, and the eminent author, 68, edged to tiebreak victories with strong final-round performances at the world over-50 and over-65 championships

Vidit Gujrathi has turned the limelight back on him by winning the Fide Grand Swiss at Isle of Man on Sunday. It gave the 29-year old from Nashik a qualifying spot for the World Championship chess candidates tournament. "Amazing, unbelievable," said Vidit to Chessbase India.

The world Nos 3 and 4 are battling for two Candidates places in the $460,000, 114-player event, but both started slowly while rivals who prepared with non-stop blitz began with wins

The Norwegian, 32, follows up his World Cup victory in Baku by winning the latest leg of the online ChampionsTour, while the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik is displeased at losing to Niemann