👑 We have our first Master and what a... Master it is! A reigning World Chess Champion is coming to the 8th edition of the Prague International Chess Festival! The Indian prodigy @Gukesh D returns to the capital after shattering records and conquering the biggest stages in world chess. 🔥♟️ #PICF2026show more

World Champion Gukesh D is ready for the Grand... Chess Tour! The Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest is about to begin, and Gukesh invites you to follow the action. Don’t miss a moment and cheer for your favorites! #GrandChessTour #superbetchessclassicromania #GukeshDshow more

Garry Kasparov with participants of the Kasparov Chess Foundation... Friendship Festival during their visit to the Grand Chess Tour. ♟️✨ One festival, two unforgettable experiences! After competing in the Kasparov Chess Foundation Friendship Festival, the young players had the chance to visit the Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb, where they watched the world's best grandmasters in action and met the 13th World Champion, Garry Kasparov. For many of them, it was a dream come true! Its an opportunity to see elite chess up close, take photos, collect memories, and find even more inspiration for their own chess journey! Good luck to all players! #Grandchesstour #Kasparovchessfoundation #Garrykasparov #chessshow more

I’m honored to share that I have been appointed... the first Global Ambassador for WR Chess This new chapter will take me across continents, promoting chess and impacting lives on a global stage from Africa, Asia, Latin America tour to a world record event in Peru in June. The CEO of WR Chess Wadim Rosenstein has quietly supported the African chess community for four years. Together I believe we can achieve so much more for the chess world. We agreed to meet in Paris and travel to Prague for the chess festival. And for hours, we spoke about a global vision and a legacy for chess development and industrialization across Africa and beyond. One important thing Wadim and I share in common is we both came from nothing but chess opened doors we never imagined. Now we want to extend this to the world. I am proud to join the WR Chess family. Even more excited for what we will build together. It is possible to do great things from a small place.show more

Throwback to when Bud Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk played... chess together ♟️ “The undisputed champions of the world playing chess, and they cheating!” 🤣show more

WR Group has pioneered a scalable model of open... chess challenges embedded within major international exhibitions - positioning chess not only as a sport, but as a global cultural and intellectual presence. We are expanding the game beyond traditional venues and integrating it into international business and innovation platforms. Wherever we operate in the world, chess is part of the experience. I am proud that Anish Giri supports this initiative - representing the union of elite excellence and open opportunity. This is how chess grows: visible, accessible, and globally positioned.show more

After winning both World Rapid and Blitz in Doha... 🏆🏆, we asked Magnus Carlsen about the Total Chess World Championship Tour, a format that brings all time controls together. His take? 🗣️ “A great initiative.” 🤔 What is Total Chess? A new, FIDE-approved global championship developed by Norway Chess. Played across four tournaments per year, it will crown one overall champion across Fast Classic, Rapid, and Blitz, the FIDE World Combined Champion. #NorwayChess #TotalChess #RapidBlitz #TotalChessTourshow more

Nakamara is a top 5 chess player in the... world AND can fight!?show more

Over 7% of the entire world population play chess... according to latest research by chess(.)com. That’s a staggering 605M + users natively. Now Anichess takes it up a notch by modernizing chess, infusing the solid gameplay with spells and new add-ons to make it even better. Anichess is developed in partnership with chess(.)com, and incubated by Animoca Brands. The new system adds a new level of unpredictability to the game of chess. The newly added spell mechanism makes it all the more fun and exciting. Anichess plans to bring in a new experience for players (New and existing), and also to build a healthy and competitive environment for players. If you love chess, then this is something to look out forshow more

Women's World Cup Champion Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh meets commentator... for Prague Chess Festival, WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili in the opening ceremony! Divya is playing in the Challengers group - she is facing GM Benjamin Gledura today in the first round. Video: Abhyudaya Ramshow more

Some of the Most Interesting Moments from the Past.🧵... 1. Five-Times World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen slams table after losing to 19 years old grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju.show more

On 20th of April 1976, R.B. Ramesh was born!... 50 years ago! He became a GM at the age of 27 years in 2003. In 2002, he had won the British Championships, and in 2007 he became the Commonwealth Champion. In 2008, he took a bold step in his chess career. He gave up playing chess and started a chess academy and named it Chess Gurukul. He also gave up his job in Indian Oil (IOCL) around the same point. Many told him that this was a dangerous decision. But Ramesh had 2 things going for him: 1. He loved coaching 2. His better half WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy was also ready to support him in this endeavour! With his immense chess knowledge, willingness to learn and ability to work extremely hard, Ramesh created the base for a real chess boom of Indian chess! Players like Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali, Aravindh Chithambaram, Karthikeyan Murali, Bharat Subramaniyam and many others grew up at his academy! There was a point when almost every single rising talent of Indian chess wanted to work with him. Today as Ramesh celebrates his 50th birthday, it is interesting to see the road he has travelled. Vaishali is going to play the World Championship Match in a few days! He also received the Dronacharya award recently. He started a completely free chess academy named Chola Chess to develop the next generation of Indian chess. Thank you Ramesh for powering Indian chess! Your contribution to the growth of the sport in the country has been immense. Wishing you a very happy 50th birthday. Photo: Tushar Damor #chess #chessbaseindia #rameshchessshow more

Chess meets Fighting Games in Checkmate Showdown! Master both... the chessboard and the arena to become the ultimate grandmaster! Coming soon. 👊💥show more

The U.S. is spending billions to reopen the Strait... of Hormuz, which was already open before the war🤡 While Russia is making double profits in billions from oil and gas💀 The world is finally realizing that Vladimir Putin is the real master of political chess🔥show more

250 The Gift of Chess chess sets have arrived... in Yola, Nigeria. Connect with Vivian Ibrahim🇳🇬 to help us spread chess as a tool to expand opportunities and build meaningful communities. Today is DAY ONE 🇳🇬show more

A moment for the history books! 🏆♟️ In 2020,... at the Tokyo Olympics, high jumpers and close friends Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim made headlines by sharing the Gold Medal in an unforgettable show of sportsmanship. Yesterday, Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi brought that same energy to chess by deciding to share first place at the World Blitz Championship 🤯 Different sport, different arena, different reactions, but the same spirit. Sports unite! What a moment ✨ 📹 The Olympic Games, International Chess Federation, ChessBase Indiashow more