What if there were a World Chess Champion across all time controls? 🤔 Fast Classic. Rapid. Blitz. That is what we imagined, and we are making it a reality. ♟️ Introducing the Total Chess World Championship Tour, a new FIDE-recognised series that will crown the FIDE World

🇮🇳 ARJUN IS ON FIRE 🔥 Three games. Three wins. A hat-trick for Arjun Erigaisi at the FIDE World Cup. Today, he defeated Shamsiddin Vokhidov in just 30 moves with 97.7% accuracy, with the brilliancy 25.Rc8!!. In Round 2, Arjun beat Martin Petrov 2–0, and now he needs just a

I am a big believer in loyalty. In all of life. This kid worked/galloped Libel Proof every time for months. And I told him 3 months ago it is his mount unless he/agent choose something else. I get it. And Libel Proof is his to ride as long as he/agent wants her mount. A lot of

Following our announcement of the Total Chess World Championship Tour, a new FIDE-approved championship format created by Norway Chess, FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich spoke with @ChessbaseIndia's Sagar Shah. He shares insights on the vision behind the new title, how it brings

Play like Gukesh 👑 🇮🇳 Spot the brilliancy! ♟️ Yesterday in Goa, World Champion Gukesh D wrapped up Round 2 of the FIDE World Cup with 96.4 accuracy, ending his match with a brilliancy. No tiebreaks. Straight to Round 3. The World Cup is chess’s toughest knockout: over 200

Fast Classic. Rapid. Blitz. Three formats, one world title. ♟️ The Total Chess World Championship Tour brings them together to crown the FIDE World Combined Champion. 👑 Here is a short animation that breaks down the structure of the Total Chess World Championship Tour 🎥 🔗

🗣️ Hear what FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich has to say about the Total Chess World Championship Tour, a championship format created by Norway Chess and approved by @FIDE_chess, uniting Fast Classic, Rapid, and Blitz to crown one combined champion ♟️🏆 #TotalChessTour

♟️ The FIDE World Cup is heating up in Goa. Round 2 has begun, and the top seeds are on board! 🔥 🇮🇳 World Champion Gukesh D, 🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer, 🇳🇱 Anish Giri, 🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi, 🇮🇳 Praggnanandhaa, 🇺🇸 Wesley So, 🇨🇳 Wei Yi, and more join the fight. This knockout tournament

Norway Chess Founder and CEO Kjell Madland and COO Benedicte Westre Skog speak to @ChessbaseIndia about the Total Chess World Championship Tour, a new World Championship that brings together Fast Classic, Rapid and Blitz to determine the FIDE World Combined Champion. In the

The FIDE World Cup started today in Goa, India 🇮🇳 ♟️ Over 200 players begin the knockout race for a share of USD 2 million and three spots in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament. The world’s top stars, including Gukesh D, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa R, Anish Giri, Wesley So,

Who rules the chess world right now? 🔥 November 2025 FIDE Rating Highlights: 👑 Magnus Carlsen still World #1, 172 months and counting. 🚀 Vincent Keymer climbs to World #4 after +18 rating points in October. 💪 Anish Giri returns to World #5 with +10 points. 🇮🇳 Three from

Viswanathan Anand, five-time World Champion and FIDE Deputy President, talks about the Total Chess World Championship Tour. Fast classic highlights quality, rapid tests intuition, and blitz exposes nerves. Over a full season, consistency defines who rises above. Modern,

Promoting… to a blunder? ♟️ Gukesh has 12 seconds and blunders.  Fabiano does not miss. What did he play? A key moment from the final round of Norway Chess 2025, where Fabiano’s victory secured him 2nd place. #NorwayChess 📷 Norway Chess / Michal Walusza

🔥 Double Gold for the World Champion! 🇮🇳 Gukesh D wins Team Gold with SuperChess and Individual Gold on Board 1 at the European Chess Club Cup 2025. 🏅🏅 Gukesh, starting playing the event on Round 3, scored 4/5 (3 wins & 2 draws), had a performance rating of 2927, the only

Fabiano Caruana wins the U.S. Championship and ties Bobby Fischer’s record 🔥 Fabiano made history yesterday as he won the U.S. Championship for the 4th consecutive time, tying Bobby Fischer’s record while clinching his 5th title overall. With an unbeaten run in 11 games, he

🔥 96% accuracy. A brilliancy. A 32-move win. 🇮🇳 Arjun Erigaisi defeats 🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer at the European Club Cup! With this win, Arjun surpasses Vincent to reclaim world #4 on the live rating list. 🔝 ℹ️ Before yesterday’s game, Keymer was just 0.5 rating points ahead.

When World Champion Gukesh D met World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in Stavanger this year, expectations were sky-high. Their second clash became one of the most unforgettable moments in Norway Chess history. Hear what the Norway Chess team had to say about what made this moment so

Our deepest condolences to Daniel’s family and the entire chess community.

🗣️ “It’s a great pleasure to share this exciting moment with you all as we witness the launch of a groundbreaking chess tour with innovative rules. As a professional player, I am particularly looking forward to this tour’s unique format and the incorporation of varied time

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The announcement of the Total Chess World Championship Tour has sparked huge interest and discussion across the chess world. ♟️ In an interview with @chessdom, Norway Chess CEO Kjell Madland dives into the questions everyone’s been asking: ◾️ How did the idea begin? ◾️ When did

Former World Champion Ding Liren 👇 🗣️ "The Total Chess World Championship Tour is a brand-new competition similar to the triathlon in athletics. It encompasses three formats - Fast Classic, Rapid, and Blitz - providing a comprehensive test of a player's overall abilities. I hope