https://chesskite.com/news Chess news from the world's top events: the World Championship, tournament results, the rating list, title holders and the calendar of what is coming up. en https://chesskite.com/news/gukesh-vs-sindarov-world-championship-2026 https://chesskite.com/news/gukesh-vs-sindarov-world-championship-2026 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT World Championship The 2026 World Chess Championship: Gukesh vs Sindarov in Geneva from 24 November - schedule, format, tiebreaks, prize fund and how they got here. https://chesskite.com/news/chess-2026-results https://chesskite.com/news/chess-2026-results Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tournaments Every big chess result of 2026 in one place - Tata Steel, the Candidates, Norway Chess, the Grand Chess Tour, the Olympiad and more, updated all year. https://chesskite.com/news/chess-olympiad-2026-results https://chesskite.com/news/chess-olympiad-2026-results Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tournaments Results of the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: Uzbekistan won the open section and China the women's, with India taking silver and bronze. https://chesskite.com/news/october-2026-fide-rating-list https://chesskite.com/news/october-2026-fide-rating-list Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Ratings The October 2026 FIDE rating list - Carlsen still on top, Olympiad stars Abdusattorov and Yakubboev climb, and 15-year-old Erdogmus breaks Wei Yi's record. https://chesskite.com/news/praggnanandhaa-wins-grand-chess-tour-2026 https://chesskite.com/news/praggnanandhaa-wins-grand-chess-tour-2026 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tournaments R Praggnanandhaa came back from 3-9 down against Fabiano Caruana to win the Grand Chess Tour Finals 15-13 in St. Louis - plus every 2026 GCT winner. https://chesskite.com/news/candidates-2026-sindarov-vaishali https://chesskite.com/news/candidates-2026-sindarov-vaishali Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT World Championship Javokhir Sindarov won the 2026 Candidates unbeaten with a record 10/14 to face Gukesh; Vaishali Rameshbabu won the Women's Candidates to face Ju Wenjun. https://chesskite.com/news/total-chess-world-championship-2026 https://chesskite.com/news/total-chess-world-championship-2026 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tournaments A new FIDE title mixing classical, rapid and blitz starts in Budapest on 10 November. The 24 players, the format, the scoring, and why it matters.