Chess Rising Stars London Academy

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[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

Norway Chess 2026: 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R and 🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva win titles

♟️ Norway Chess 2026 brought together the world’s elite chess players for a super-tournament held from May 25 to June 5 in Oslo, Norway. The event proudly featured two elite tournaments running in parallel: the renowned Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women. Both competitions followed a 6-player double round-robin format with equal prize funds, highlighting a strong commitment to gender equality in chess.

⚡ A signature of Norway Chess is its distinctive scoring format. When a classical game ends in a draw, an Armageddon game determines the winner, ensuring decisive results in every round.

Norway Chess 2026 concluded in Oslo on Friday with a dramatic final round, as 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa R scored a decisive classical victory to claim the title.

🇰🇿 Bibisara Assaubayeva delivered a stellar performance and securing the Norway Chess Women 2026 title with a round to spare.

Read more: https://t.co/cbffUZYz5u

📷 Michal Walusza / Norway Chess

[Chess Rising Stars London Academy @LondonCRS]

2nd EJCOA Zonal Wimbledon yesterday. Amazing to welcome 92 players with 30+ on the waiting list!♟️☀️

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Sometimes the most amazing moves are only in the notes!

[Chess Rising Stars London Academy @LondonCRS]

Just a handful of spaces left for our 2nd EJCOA Zonal in Wimbledon on 30th May. 🗓️

[Chess in Schools and Communities @schoolschess]

ChessFest 2026 will soon be here!

Be there - and be (Trafalgar) Square.

[Maria Manelidou @Chess_Butterfly]

Proud teacher! My Welsh mini chess superstar 🏆👑@Delancey_UKCC

[Chess Rising Stars London Academy @LondonCRS]

Another excellent @4NCL season came to an end over the Bank Holiday weekend. Well played to all of the CRS coaches and students who took part and a special mention to Coach Eric for his draw with World Record holder Bodhana in Round 11! ♟️🏁

[Women's Chess Coverage @OnTheQueenside]

Bodhana extends her own record for highest rating by an 11-year-old girl to 2374! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

She still has 10 more months to extend it even more!

[Chess Rising Stars London Academy @LondonCRS]

Tough match in the Division 3 4NCLO Finals tonight. We fought back, after losing to Bromley 3-1 in the pools. Many thanks to our squad: James, Yuk Hei, Savvas, Alex, Ishaan and Angelos! 🏆

[Douglas Griffin @dgriffinchess]

On this day in 1982: the 10th round of the London (Phillips & Drew) international. Among the pairings: Anatoly Karpov v. John Nunn, Efim Geller v. Boris Spassky & Ulf Andersson v. Larry Christiansen.
(📷: H. Svedbark. Original colour.) #chess

[Chess Rising Stars London Academy @LondonCRS]

We're back! Our Summer Term clubs start this week. ♟️😎

[English Chess Tracker @EngChessTrack]

Yesterday, the Jonathan Hawkins Memorial Rapidplay took place. FM Stanley Badacsonyi, won with a perfect score of 6/6. Hawkins was a former coach and friend to Stanley and his brother, Frankie, making this a very poignant victory. #chess #englishchess

[archived @btchchan]

#FIDECandidates

[Chess & Bridge: London Chess Centre @ChessAndBridge]

TODAY'S THE DAY - LAST ONE HERE AT BAKER STREET 😭 ♟️🙏
VISIT US NOW: https://t.co/qgu6Sl36dB

[Sean Ingle @seaningle]

Erling Haaland has made a major investment in a new chess world championship tour, which is expected to star Magnus Carlsen.

Haaland wore a Norway Chess cap as he entered the London Stadium last Saturday after signing deal – without anyone noticing.

https://t.co/O6z4cINtPt

[Fabiano Caruana @FabianoCaruana]

The chesscom thing disconnected me and gave me a 0 point bye in round 8 of their event where only 2 places qualify and everyone is within half a point of each other :) my internet didn't drop out, I was active in the play zone and as soon as the break timer ended it auto forfeits me. Pretty sure I'm not the only one affected by this bug too. It doesn't even give a time penalty, just instantly forfeits you.

[Chess Rising Stars London Academy @LondonCRS]

Aden paired with the legendary @MickeyAdamsGM in Round 1 of the 2026 British Rapidplay Championship! ♟️🥳

[Jennifer Shahade @JenShahade]

White to Move and Draw:

This contains crucial building blocks of endgame theory 💡

[English Chess Federation (ECF) @ecfchess]

Today is International Women’s Day.

Chess is for everyone, and we’re celebrating the women shaping the game.

We are proud of the impact women and girls have on our chess community and grateful to all who champion their progress.

#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInChess

[Chess Rising Stars London Academy @LondonCRS]

We're back! 2nd EJCOA Zonal junior tournament on 30th May 2026 in Wimbledon. 🔥♟️