Magnus Carlsen tops a proposed new world chess ranking system combining classical, rapid and blitz formats, while reigning ...

Ju (second from left), the Women's World Blitz Chess Champion, and Lei (left), the runner-up, receive their awards at the championships in New York. [Photo provided to China Daily] Ju Wenjun, the ...

Hikaru Nakamura becomes the first player to reach a 3500 blitz rating on Chess.com, opening a 100-point gap over Magnus ...

What the new rating will do is throw up an unified measure of strength for players across classical, rapid and blitz formats.

Total Chess has unveiled a new universal rating system, with Magnus Carlsen at number-one. But nearly a decade after the Grand Chess Tour tried something remarkably similar, can this attempt succeed?

England's record-breaking chess prodigy continued her extraordinary year with a perfect score at the Belfast qualifier for ...

Hot on the heels of the FIDE World Championship that saw Dommaraju Gukesh crowned (classical) chess champion of the world comes FIDE's World Championship for the two faster versions of the sport: ...

Ashgabat International School will host an exciting chess event. A blitz chess tournament for boys and girls under the age of ...

The FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships is scheduled to begin on Friday (December 26), and all eyes will be on World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. A new generation of super-GMs is expected to rise ...