Titled Arenas Announcement — April to June 2026
Candidates Round 14: Sindarov and Vaishali Are Officially the WCC Challengers
Candidates Round 13: Sindarov is the 2026 World Championship Challenger
White Played a Ponziani Masterpiece — and Still Lost
This is how much ELO you are losing in the opening
Huddersfield White Rose Congress
Game of the Week 11/52
El Ajedrez del Futuro
Thoughts on Game Analysis
100 jaar geleden: Nimzowitsch wint Dresden (4-11 april 1926)
Interview with GM Alexander Bagrationi alias DizzasterFritz - Lichess coach
Endgame Bootcamp 6: Letting Wins Slip
Karpov and the Caro-Kann
Play Bughouse Players on Lishogi.org
Our 2026 Spring Marathon starts on ! Join us and thousands of players for 24 hours of 2+0 Bullet and be part of one of the biggest chess tournaments in history. The top 500, top 100, top 50, top 10 and the winner will all get a unique trophy.
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The 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournaments are over! GM Javokhir Sindarov and GM Vaishali Rameshbabu have been crowned the next challengers for the World Chess Championship and Women's World Chess Championship titles, respectively. Read our final FIDE Candidates Round 14 Recap.
GM Vaishali Rameshbabu wins the FIDE Women's Candidates 2026! She started the tournament as the lowest-rated player and will now challenge GM Ju Wenjun for the Women's World Chess Championship title!
Heading into the final round of the FIDE Candidates 2026, GM Javokhir Sindarov has emerged as the clear winner and will be the next World Championship Challenger. Meanwhile, six players still have a chance to win the Women's Candidates, with GM Bibisara Assaubayeva and GM Vaishali Rameshbabu now tied for 1st place. Read our FIDE Candidates Round 13 Recap and follow the games in our broadcasts on .
GM Javokhir Sindarov wins the FIDE Candidates 2026! The 20-year-old secured 1st place with one round to spare and will challenge the 19-year-old GM Gukesh Dommaraju in the youngest World Chess Championship Match of all time.
It's the final rest day of the FIDE Candidates 2026! GM Javokhir Sindarov needs just one draw in the next two games to become the next World Championship challenger. The Women's Candidates Tournament remains wide open, as GM Vaishali Rameshbabu is tied for 1st place with GM Zhu Jiner, following Zhu's win over Vaishali. Read our FIDE Candidates Round 12 Recap and follow the games in our broadcasts tomorrow, .