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[European Chess Union @ECUonline]

15-year-old WFM Anastasiia Hnatyshyn 🇺🇦 takes the sole lead in the European Women's Chess Championship 2026! #chess #ewcc2026

The Ukrainian star defeated WGM Elmira Mirzoeva 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 today to continue an incredible run with a perfect score of 5/5 points!

It is the fourth consecutive upset by Hnatyshyn. After scoring against the lower-rated Aneta Kedelidze 🇬🇪 (1676) in the opening round, she took down IM Marina Brunello 🇮🇹 (2346) in round two, defeated IM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez 🇪🇸 (2375) in the third round, emerged victorious against IM Mai Narva 🇪🇪 (2426) yesterday, and today, she won her fifth game in a row!

Anastasiia Hnatyshyn is now earning 114 rating points, and is playing at a staggering tournament performance rating of 3018! 🤯

[European Chess Union @ECUonline]

The second round of the European Women's Chess Championship 2026 has started! 🏆 #chess #ewcc2026

Today's round brings very interesting encounters, and the top pairings are:
♟️FM Alexandra Zherebetsova🇲🇪 vs IM Stavroula Tsolakidou🇬🇷
♟️IM Yuliia Osmak🇺🇦 vs WFM Charis Peglau🇩🇪
♟️IM Maka Purtseladze🇬🇪 vs IM Ulviyya Fataliyeva🇦🇿
♟️IM Lela Javakhishvili🇬🇪 vs Tetyana Skarbarchuk🇺🇦
♟️WGM Jovana Rapport🇷🇸 vs IM Mai Narva🇪🇪

📽️Don't miss the live video broadcast with commentaries by GM Valerian Gaprindashvili and WIM Sandra Djukic and follow us through the ECU YouTube channel: https://t.co/A3fLV7Bm9V

[International Chess Federation @FIDE_chess]

Today, on Africa Day, we celebrate the remarkable growth of chess across Africa ♟️🌍

From school programs and refugee camp initiatives to elite international events and record-breaking achievements, chess on the continent is growing faster than ever.

With Africa now prioritized to host the 2032 Chess Olympiad, a new chapter for global chess is being written.

Read the full story and discover how chess is transforming communities across Africa:
🔗 https://t.co/4UiWmQiGSA

[Chess Topics @ChessTopics]

GM Mitrabha Guha 🇮🇳 wins the 2026 Commonwealth Chess Championship in Sri Lanka!

Guha scored 7.5/9 to finish clear first, a half-point ahead of the chasing pack in Kalutara.

The 93-player event featured 13 nations fighting for a $8,000 USD prize fund. 🏆

#Chess #CommonwealthChess #MitrabhaGuha #SriLanka

Read more
https://t.co/P0SbjnLNM1

[Norway Chess @NorwayChess]

🇫🇷 Alireza Firouzja beats Magnus Carlsen in classical chess for the first time! 😱🔥

#NorwayChess

[European Chess Union @ECUonline]

European Women’s Chess Championship 2026 - Day 1 video recap: https://t.co/kvpvbrAxTb! ♟️📹 #chess #ewcc2026

[Fédération Française des Échecs @ffechecs]

🏆🔵⚪🔴 Marseille Échecs remporte le Top Jeunes 2026 avec le score parfait de 11 victoires en 11 matchs ! 👏👏
🥈 Bois-Colombes prend la 2e place.
🥉 Cannes Échecs complète le podium.
📌 Retrouvez tous les résultats sur https://t.co/TU04Uhmazv

[Chess in Schools and Communities @schoolschess]

The new series of our FREE chess webinars starts tonight!

Follow the link for further details.

https://t.co/rI9hSWQvwM

[Lara Schulze @LaraSchulze19]

Am Samstag wurde die Bremer Schnellschach-Meisterschaft in Bremen Findorff ausgetragen und ich wurde Bremer Schnellschach-Meister und Meisterin!🥳

In meinem Blogeintrag findet ihr einige spannende Stellungen aus dem Turnier. Lest rein! :)
https://t.co/FtXZlZz6LM

[Reuters @Reuters]

Meet Bodhana Sivanandan, Britain’s top ranked women’s chess player. Just 11 years old, she has claimed the national No.1 spot, surpassing a title previously held by a player twice her age

[Romanian Chess Federation @FrsahRo]

♟️ 400 players registered for the Bucharest Grand Prix!

Join us on May 9–10 at the Palace of the Parliament.

👉 Registration is still open on our official website!

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

We interviewed IM Roman Dehtiarov after his amazing performance at the European Individual 2026. Roman, being an IM with a rating of 2452, finished first ahead of 102 GMs. He not only won the event but also got a spot to the World Cup 2027, became a GM (without having to score any GM norms), got to meet the Ukrainian President and also received the Future of Ukraine award!

And guess what - Roman is just 17 years old (born in 2008)! Don't miss the interview with this soft spoken young lad, who attacks without a care in the world. Reminds us of a young Garry Kasparov.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Winning European Individual Championship 2:45 - A performance similar to Sindarov
3:26 - Roman's Trainer
5:00 - Meeting President of Ukraine
7:43 - Tweet by Pavel Eljanov
9:45 - Staying back in Ukraine during war
10:52 - Becoming the Ukrainian champion
12:20 - Inspiration from Kasparov
13:08 - Levitov's 24 hours series on Kasparov
14:30 - Dvoretsky books
15:00 - Game against Anton Guijarro
24:30 - Round 1 vs Podgorski (2113)
26:27 - Round 2 vs FM Celik (2256)
27:30 - Round 3 vs Can Emre (2546)
32:15 - Round 4 vs Nijat Abasov (2586)
33:40 - Round 5 vs Isik Can (2563)
35:00 - Round 6 vs Alan Pichot (2581)
40:45 - Round 7 vs Leonardo Costa (2556)
45:50 - Round 8 vs Lorenzo Lodici (2601)
51:36 - Round 9 vs Ediz Gurel (2635)
56:18 - Round 10 vs Maxime Lagarde (2621)
1:01:50 - Final words

[Türkiye Satranç Federasyonu @tsfresmi]

🇹🇷 Milli Sporcumuz Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş Dünya Devleriyle Aynı Sahnede

Büyükusta Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, satranç dünyasının saygın organizasyonları arasında yer alan 2026 TePe Sigeman & Co Satranç Turnuvası’nda mücadele etmeye hazırlanıyor.

1–7 Mayıs 2026 tarihleri arasında İsveç’in Malmö kentinde, Elite Plaza Hotel’de düzenlenecek turnuva; uluslararası satrancın önde gelen büyükustalarını bir araya getirecek.

Turnuvada yer alacak isimler şöyle:

* GM Magnus Carlsen (Norveç)
* GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Özbekistan)
* GM Arjun Erigaisi (Hindistan)
* GM Jorden van Foreest (Hollanda)
* GM Nils Grandelius (İsveç)
* GM Andy Woodward (ABD)
* GM Zhu Jiner (Çin)

Sporcumuz Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş’a bu prestijli turnuvada başarılar diliyoruz.

Turnuva Sayfası:
https://t.co/FfPCR6Ta6z

[Fédération Française des Échecs @ffechecs]

🙂 Les chiffres du Championnat de France Jeunes d’Échecs Crédit Mutuel sont vertigineux !

@CreditMutuelDLE

[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

[Filip Zieliński @FilipZielinski_]

JUDIT POLGAR W POLSCE!🔥

Najlepsza szachistka wszech czasów pojawi się w Warszawie 4 maja przy okazji turnieju Super Rapid & Blitz Poland 2026♟️🇵🇱

[Women's Chess Coverage @OnTheQueenside]

The April performance rankings are out! (This is the last one from before the Candidates!)

1⃣ Let this serve as a reminder to just how great Divya is: 2542 (!) and No. 5 in the world! 🇮🇳
2⃣ With Zhu Jiner dropping, the new World No. 1 has been on hiatus for almost a year! 😭

[Chess Topics @ChessTopics]

♟️ The "Madwoman’s Game" premiered at @MiamiFilmFest !

Following the life of Bianca Mitchell-Avila, the film explores the chess feeling and community of the 64 squares. The premiere was a resounding success, featuring a sold-out theater and chess games between the audience and crew! 🎥✨

👉Read more: https://t.co/vrwMllpz9y

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

Grandmaster SL Narayanan is the Champion of Shakti Grandeur 9.0 Open FIDE Rating Blitz tournament! SL Narayanan scored 8.5/9 points to win the tournament- scoring 8 wins in a row, and drawing the final round against IM Aakash Sharadchandra Dalvi.

With this result, SL Narayanan has overtaken the World Champion D Gukesh in Blitz live ratings! SL's live rating is now 2650.1 - he has entered World top 50 in Blitz live ratings!

Photo: @nikchess
#chess #chessbaseindia #slnarayanan

[C-Squared Podcast @Csquared]

There's a war between @TakeTakeTakeApp /@lichess VS @chesscom brewing below the surface. What exactly is the playbook here ?

Caruana : "lichess has a very different business model than chesscom, which is much less aimed at trying to make as much money as possible...

They cohabited pretty peacefully up until now, so this is a bit of a change. Now it's a bit less peaceful.

For me the interesting thing is, from a broadcasting perspective, what will Take Take Take actually broadcast now?"