Delighted to share that Siddharth Jagadeesh has won the World U-18 championship, under the most dramatic circumstances. Congratulations to him and his family, and all the coaches who worked with him for this big success for Singapore. And yes, before you guys start to have any

So I’ve been speaking to someone who was heavily involved in the event and from I’m told, lots of people worked their asses off to make this event a success. Those who attended all enjoyed themselves and it was a great spectacle. I’m sure it is except I didn’t get to watch it due

If the future of chess is one where it’s acceptable behaviour to toss opponent’s pieces into the crowd, im not sure I want anything to do with it.

Ashwath Kaushik nearly pulled off a final round win at the SixDays Swiss norm event in Budapest which would have clinched a second IM norm at the very tender age of 10 years and 1 month. Still, a very commendable effort and congratulations to his family and trainers for a very

We recently launched a financial rewards framework for chess players in Singapore. Players who are in our main programmes will receive important incentives for achieving medals at regional or global age group events. Specifically, players will get the following: GM title:

The FIDE Grand Swiss is proving to be tremendously entertaining, educational and instructive all at the same time. So many fun games to analyse especially if you are an ambitious chess player. Many high profile games have been highlighted already so I’ll just pick one that is

Maybe the best chess blog by a super strong player!

What is this ridiculous behavior 😂 hopefully there is some context but not looking great.

Congratulations to Yeoh Li Tian and the Malaysian Chess Federation - historic first Grandmaster!

Magnus when fully locked in is unbeatable.

Incredible achievement by young Divya! Congratulations, and to her team and family as well for this fantastic result. Given up asking Indian chess to slow down 😂

Running down the wing Gordon showed his class🔥Thank you for inviting me and all the best this season!

Chess teaches logical thinking. This position was taken from the Encyclopaedia of chess endings. White to play and win if the rook is on f6 and f4. It’s a draw regardless of who to move if the rook is on any other square down the f-file. Don’t comment if you “solved” this using

Okay guys I know Ashwath was born in India but he grew up and learnt chess in Singapore. Let us have this one 😅

Ashwath Kaushik, who turns 10 in August has made his first IM norm at the very strong 10 ème Open international de Porticcio, France. I’m trying to remember what I was doing at 9 😭

Nice to see Guki proving his doubters wrong again. No fuss, no drama, just goes about doing his job. Mentality monster this kid is. To think there are still so many people questioning his cred.

Just played this game on chesscom and luckily wasn’t playing against a certain world champion or would certainly be accused of cheating 😅

Even in kids events, you can also find instructive material. It’s Black to play and hold the fortress.