Andrew Veda

[Chess.com @chesscom]

Congratulations Bodhana!! 👏

[Praggnanandhaa @rpraggnachess]

A special win at the Grand Chess Tour. 🏆

Thankful to my team, my family, and everyone who has been supporting me. 🙏

#GrandChessTour

[Srinath Narayanan @srinathchess]

Had an intense but fun pre-Olympiad camp with the Indian Team over the past few days! Great energy, lots of good work and, most importantly, fantastic team spirit!

@aicfchess @Media_SAI @narangnitin

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Life is too short for chess, and too short to go without chess!

[Chess.com @chesscom]

Did you know: @GMHikaru has made 10,570 BRILLIANT moves on https://t.co/65xLBvrmQ7 🤯

Name a player and we'll reply with how many they've played 👇

[Chess.com @chesscom]

1985 ➡️ 2454 in ONE MONTH 😲

14-year-old Modipalli Deekshitha gained 469 rating points across four tournaments, and is now the world #2 among girls under 20, and India's fourth-highest-rated woman! 📈🇮🇳

[Grand Chess Tour @GrandChessTour]

🏆 Champion, Pragg! ⭐
#Grandchesstour

[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

♟🤩 The team lists for the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad have been published, revealing a field filled with World Champions, established national-team powers, and some of the brightest young players in chess. 400 teams have been confirmed over the two competitions: 208 in the Open and 192 in the Women’s event. That is twenty more than the record field of 380 at Budapest 2024!

The opening ceremony will take place in Samarkand on September 15, followed by 11 classical rounds of competition from September 16 to 27. Based on the submitted line-ups, the United States head the Open starting list, followed by defending champions India, hosts Uzbekistan, China and Germany. In the Women’s competition, India is the top seed team ahead of Georgia, China, Kazakhstan and the United States.

Read more: https://t.co/hX0AH6l2kv

#ChessOlympiad

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

This is an appreciation post for a gem of Indian chess - GM D. Harika. She began playing for India when she was just 13 years old. Her first Olympiad was in 2004 in Calvia, Spain. Since then Harika has been a rock solid player for team India - representing the country in all the 10 Olympiads until 2024 and also the two online Olympiads in 2020 and 2021.

Harika's dad told her when she was young that playing for the country is biggest thing you can do. And this stuck with her throughout her career. Be it Asian Championships, World Teams, Olympiads - Harika was there for the country. From a young girl who dreamt to win a medal for the country, she made sure she was always there for the nation.

But this journey of 20 years took a lot from her. The pressure that Harika would put on herself when playing for the team was immense. Remember in 2022, she played for India even when she was 9 months pregnant! Now that's dedication of altogether different level. The first breakthrough for Indian women's team chess happened in 2021 when the team won its first team medal at the World Team Championships in Spain. And then in the year 2022, the chess olympiad brought the team a bronze medal. Eventually, the gold came in 2024 - the Chess Olympiad in Budapest!

Harika made sure that India got its Gold! When she made the final move against Govhar Beydullayeva (Azerbaijan) that sealed the Gold for India, she burst into tears! It was a moment of huge emotions for the great Indian champ!

The Chess Olympiad 2026 will take place in Samarkand and India will miss Harika. The team is extremely strong but it is unusual to see Harika's name missing. Indian team consists of Humpy, Vaishali, Divya, Vantika and Savitha. Speaking to ChessBase India Harika said, "It was strange for me also to not see myself. But it was solely my decision, which came from my heart, from my instinct. It was an emotional decision for me. It's also very tiring, once again to go through all these emotions, to keep fighting for this. I thought it's time to hand over to youngsters - they are doing really well, and why not. I think it won't make a big difference right now if I am in the team or not, we have very strong players."

Well, what can we say? Harika, we will miss you at the Chess Olympiad and thank you for all that you have done for Indian chess. We are truly grateful that your belief has brought Indian women's chess where it is right now! It's time for Harika to now focus on the only thing missing from her cabinet - the World Champion's title!

#chess #chessbaseindia #harika

[HistoryFLP @HistoryFLP]

How do you find the move nobody else sees? Philadelphia-based chess champion and author Jennifer Shahade gives a lesson on creativity and finding unexpected moves on Wednesday September 2 at Parkway Central Library.
@FreeLibrary https://t.co/m5Wv3VqBqU

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

Double Gold for the country! Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli won both the Asian Women's Rapid and Asian Women's Blitz Chess Championship 2026 in Hong Kong. She clinched The Gold medal for India in both events!

Harika scored 8.5/11 points to win the Asian Women's Rapid, remaining unbeaten throughout the event. In Asian Women's Blitz, Harika scored 10.5/13 points to clinch Gold! Harika takes home two beautiful trophies, and 33,000 HKD ~ Rs. 4,01,385. Huge congratulations to Harika, her family and her team for this amazing achievement!

Graphic: Anmol Bhargav
#chess #chessbaseindia #harikadronavalli #womeninchess #asianchampionship

[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

🎉 Happy 34th birthday to World No. 2 GM Fabiano Caruana! 🎂♟️

One of the strongest players of his generation, Fabiano became a grandmaster at the age of 14, was the World Championship challenger in 2018, and reached a career-high rating of 2844 - the third-highest rating in chess history.

Wishing @FabianoCaruana a fantastic birthday and a year filled with happiness, success, and many more brilliant games! 🥳♟️

📷 Michal Walusza/FIDE

[RaahulVS @Raahulchess]

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[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

♟🇨🇭 Geneva to host FIDE World Championship Match 2026

The FIDE World Championship Match 2026 between reigning World Champion 🇮🇳 Gukesh D and Challenger 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sindarov will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from November 25 to December 15. Both Gukesh, representing India, and Sindarov, representing Uzbekistan, will be 20 years old when the event begins, making it the youngest World Championship contest in history.

Read more: https://t.co/YTCnNHGcHB

#GukeshSindarov

[Chess.com @chesscom]

💚 @chessvaishali

[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

✨ A successful chess program in a school can be felt far beyond the chess room. It is part of the school culture and is felt throughout the community. When programs become more than about chess, they become more sustainable and can have a far-reaching impact.

🏅 At Colegio Obradoiro International School in A Coruna, Spain, this 2026 FIDE Gold School Award winner has made chess a part of the school culture, and it has been so for the last 40 years!

♟ “Chess is naturally integrated into the school's educational approach, especially within the International Baccalaureate (IB) framework, through interdisciplinary proposals: Cross-curricular approach (personal and social development): Chess adapted for visually impaired people, promoting inclusion Projects about women in chess, promoting gender equality Development of skills such as decision-making, emotional management, and critical thinking Interdisciplinary approach. Interdisciplinary approach (application to subjects): Math: using the value of pieces to work on calculation, logic, and problem-solving. History: analyzing the origin of chess from Chaturanga to its spread in the west. Language: learning specific chess vocabulary in different languages.

🔸 Chess holds a central place in the identity of the center and has been an established part of its educational culture for more than 40 years. Its presence is constant in both the physical spaces of the school and in the institutional communication channels, projecting a strong, coherent, and recognizable image of the program.

Chess is integrated into the school's institutional events, such as the sports festival, where simultaneous games are organized in the playground and activities on the giant chessboard. These initiatives bring chess closer to all students in a participatory, visible, and engaging way.

🔹 The program incorporates active methodologies using mini-games and adapted variants: Games like 'cat and mouse' and modes like '3 checks' or 'queen vs pawns'. These tools facilitate progressive, motivating learning tailored to different student levels.

👏 Congratulations to Coach Jacobo Caselas Cabanas and the students, parents, and staff at Colegio Obradoiro International School!

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[Chess.com @chesscom]

11 years old and beating 2600-rated grandmasters is crazy 😭👏

[Viswanathan Anand @vishy64theking]

Following the decision by President Arkady Dvorkovich to suspend the exercise of his duties, and in accordance with the FIDE Charter, I have assumed the responsibilities of Interim President.

I want to thank Arkady for his leadership and for putting the interests and stability of FIDE first.

Together with the FIDE Council, the administration and our member federations, my focus will be on ensuring continuity and serving the global chess family.

FIDE's work continues. Arkady has built a strong team and vision and I today take it as our collective responsibility to carry the work forward. Gens Una Sumus