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• Shreyas Royal and 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan make British chess history

  Bodhana Sivanandan crowned Britain’s youngest-ever Women’s champion at 11 years old. Records tumbled at the biggest-ever British Chess Championships as the nine-day event in Coventry ended with two record-breaking young superstars of the game winning the two top prizes. Seventeen-year-old Shreyas Royal scooped the overall British title. He topped the table after nine rounds, finishing […]

• Praggnanandhaa is the Winner of Rapid & Blitz Title at 2026 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

  Grandmaster (GM) Praggnanandhaa won his first Rapid & Blitz title at the 2026 Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz, hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club as the first U.S. leg of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT). The Indian grandmaster built his victory by topping the rapid section with 12 of a possible 18 points before […]

• David Llada to run for the position of Vice President on the FIDE Council

  David Llada has announced his candidacy for one of the four Vice President positions on the FIDE Council, the 15-member body responsible for most major decisions between the Management Board and General Assembly. Llada, who served as FIDE’s Chief Marketing and Communications Officer from 2019 to 2023 and later as Director of Communications at the […]