https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/ 체스판은 한국 체스 커뮤니티 허브입니다. 체스 규칙과 두는 법, 최신 체스 뉴스, 국내외 체스 대회 일정, 전국 체스 동호회·모임 정보를 한곳에서 확인하세요. ko https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chesshttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess체스란 무엇인지, 체스 규칙과 두는 법을 처음부터 알아본다. 기물 이름과 배치, 체크메이트와 무승부, 캐슬링·앙파상·프로모션부터 기보, 오프닝, 레이팅, 한국의 모임과 대회까지 순서대로 안내한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/pieceshttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/pieces체스 기물 이름과 움직임을 킹, 퀸, 룩, 비숍, 나이트, 폰 순서로 알아본다. 체스 말 개수와 잡는 방법, 나이트의 점프, 폰의 전진과 대각선 잡기, 기물 점수의 쓰임까지 예시로 정리한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/setuphttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/setup체스판 세팅과 배치 방법을 오른쪽 아래 밝은 칸부터 순서대로 익힌다. 백과 흑의 킹·퀸 위치, 폰 8개 놓기, a1부터 h8까지 좌표 읽기와 초보자가 자주 하는 배치 실수를 함께 확인한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/how-to-playhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/how-to-play체스 두는 법을 처음부터 배운다. 체스판 준비와 백의 첫 수, 기물 이동과 잡기, 체크에 대처하기, 경기 끝내기와 복기까지 첫 대국 순서로 설명하고 터치무브와 시계 사용법도 알아본다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/special-moveshttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/special-moves캐슬링 조건과 앙파상 타이밍, 폰 프로모션 규칙을 실제 좌표로 알아본다. 킹이 지나가는 칸의 공격, 움직였다 돌아온 룩, 앙파상으로 생기는 체크, 퀸 외 기물로 승진하는 경우도 구분한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/checkmatehttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/checkmate체크메이트 뜻과 체크의 차이를 배우고 스칼라스 메이트, 백랭크 메이트, 사다리 메이트를 살펴본다. 킹의 도망갈 칸과 방어 수를 확인하는 방법부터 퀸·룩으로 끝내는 기본 메이트 연습까지 정리한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/drawhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/draw체스 무승부 규칙을 스테일메이트, 3회 동형, 50수 규칙, 기물 부족과 합의로 나눠 설명한다. 청구가 필요한 경우와 5회 동형·75수 자동 무승부, 시간 초과의 예외와 심판에게 알리는 절차도 알아본다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/notationhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/notation체스 기보 읽는 법을 좌표와 기물 문자부터 익힌다. Nf3, exd5, O-O, e8=Q 같은 대수 기보법 예시로 잡기·캐슬링·프로모션을 읽고 체크와 메이트, 수 평가 기호와 PGN의 차이도 정리한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/openingshttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/openings초보자 체스 오프닝을 중앙 통제, 기물 전개, 킹 안전의 원칙으로 배운다. 이탈리안 게임, 런던 시스템, 퀸즈 갬빗, 시실리안 디펜스의 첫 수와 계획을 비교하고 함정 암기보다 중요한 복기 방법을 정리한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/strategyhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/strategy체스 잘 두는 법을 기물 손실 줄이기부터 배운다. 포크·핀·스큐어와 발견 공격의 차이, 중앙과 열린 파일을 쓰는 전략, 유리한 교환과 엔드게임 계획, 대국 후 복기와 전술 퍼즐 연습 방법을 설명한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/termshttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/terms체스 용어 사전에서 체크와 스테일메이트부터 포크, 핀, 갬빗, 템포, 제우크츠방까지 뜻을 찾는다. 엘로 레이팅과 GM·IM·FM 타이틀, 블리츠·래피드·불릿, 시간 추가와 터치무브도 함께 정리한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/onlinehttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/online온라인 체스 무료 사이트와 앱을 Chess.com·Lichess 중심으로 비교한다. 무료 대국과 학습·분석 기능의 차이, 친구 초대와 시간제 선택, 초보자 설정, 레이팅 해석과 대국 후 복기 방법을 알아본다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/play-in-koreahttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/play-in-korea한국에서 체스 두는 곳을 온라인 대국, 동호회, 수업과 대회로 나눠 찾아본다. 대한체스연맹 안내와 대회 원문 공고를 확인하는 방법, 초보자 모임 선택과 첫 참가 준비, 체스판 일정·동호회 메뉴 활용법을 정리한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/ratinghttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/rating체스 레이팅과 ELO의 뜻, 온라인 점수와 FIDE 점수의 차이를 알아본다. 처음 FIDE 레이팅을 받는 대회 참가 절차와 초기 공표 조건, GM·IM·FM 타이틀과 노름, 시간제별 레이팅 구분을 설명한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/chess-vs-janggihttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/chess-vs-janggi체스와 장기 차이를 판의 크기와 놓는 자리, 기물 종류와 움직임, 승리·무승부 조건으로 비교한다. 룩과 차, 나이트와 마, 폰과 졸의 차이와 궁성·프로모션·캐슬링을 장기 경험자의 관점에서 설명한다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/historyhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/chess/history체스의 역사와 유래를 인도의 차투랑가, 페르시아와 이슬람권, 유럽의 규칙 변화 순서로 알아본다. 퀸과 비숍의 움직임이 강해진 과정, 스톤턴 기물과 FIDE의 등장, 온라인 체스로 이어진 변화를 살펴본다.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/45fa744d90035915https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/45fa744d90035915Nobody is happier after 11 rounds of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship than GM Fabiano Caruana, who has a new chance to win his fifth consecutive title. GM Wesley So entered the final round with a full-point lead, but the most likely result was not...Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:33:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/fdbb11ee4bef2588https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/fdbb11ee4bef2588GM Nihal Sarin could afford to take a draw in a won position against GM Wei Yi as GMs David Anton and Pentala Harikrishna gave Novy Bor Chess Club a 4-2 victory over second-seed Alkaloid in round four of the 2026 European Chess Club Cup. In the pe...Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:50:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/3432b3e804b44047https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/3432b3e804b44047Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi shared a chess-themed ad for ChatGPT with his 517 million Instagram followers on Wednesday, in a post that is bound to generate massive interest. The world's second-most followed person on Instagram, behind only...Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:55:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/d61d277fcd306854https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/d61d277fcd306854Think you can dunk on an NBA player at chess? Houston Rockets star Steven Adams is now a bot on Chess.com! Head to the Play Bots page and try your luck against our tallest chess bot ever! With a towering 6'11" presence and a tough chess rating of...Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:00:17 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/23e4beaee6654c2ahttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/23e4beaee6654c2aIt's the GM Wesley So show at the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship as the three-time winner coasts to the final round with a full-point lead over GMs Fabiano Caruana and Grigoriy Oparin. He made a quick draw with GM Hans Niemann to maintain that lead,...Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:25:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/48974303d9e5f43fhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/48974303d9e5f43fGMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Anish Giri, and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus all lost in round four of the 2026 European Chess Club Cup, falling to GMs Aydin Suleymanli, Pranav Venkatesh, and Karthikeyan Murali respectively. While Abdusattorov was rescued by hi...Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:20:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/78b80583392c23bahttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/78b80583392c23baIM Levy Rozman has another New York Times bestseller. His new book, How to Win at Chess, Next Level, has reached the prestigious list, while his two How to Win at Chess titles currently rank in the top two spots on Amazon’s bestselling chess...Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:46:57 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/bb60d161c602a1a6https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/bb60d161c602a1a6GM Hikaru Nakamura won a dramatic Titled Tuesday on October 20, taking down GM Alireza Firouzja in the final round to win the event with 9.5/11. Nakamura also needed tiebreaks to beat out GMs Dmitry Andreikin and Sina Movahed, who finished in seco...Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/42d2fb8938c1710chttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/42d2fb8938c1710cGM Wesley So held onto his full-point lead in round nine of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship by fending off defending champion GM Fabiano Caruana. There were five draws and just one decisive game, where GM Grigoriy Oparin defeated GM Sam Shankland...Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:35:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/d85fc8b798d46eefhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/d85fc8b798d46eefGM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, the highest-rated 15-year-old of all time, is now world number-15 on the live rating list after winning a time-trouble battle on his 2026 European Chess Club Cup debut. GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Anish Giri also won thei...Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:23:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/0a807d8c9f1686echttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/0a807d8c9f1686ecThe favorites continued to cruise in round two of the 2026 European Chess Club Cup, with GMs Wei Yi, Arjun Erigaisi, and Richard Rapport among the stars to move to 2/2. Top seed Bayegan Pendik Chess Sports Club again rested GMs Anish Giri and Yagi...Sun, 18 Oct 2026 23:12:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/40c5658cdabd4b51https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/40c5658cdabd4b51After his three wins in the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship so far in different endgames, GM Wesley So defeated one of his nearest pursuers, GM Andy Woodward, in a pawn endgame in the eighth round. He is now on six points and extends his sole lead to...Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:02:18 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/c070f9a9322cf089https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/c070f9a9322cf089GM Hikaru Nakamura extended the most dominant run in Bullet Brawl history on Saturday, cruising to a resounding 46-point victory with a score of 190 points. The American secured his sixth consecutive first-place finish and netted the $400 first pr...Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:02:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/92a59490cfee3df9https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/92a59490cfee3df9The top teams could rest the likes of GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Anish Giri, and Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus while still scoring 6-0 clean sweeps in round one of the 41st European Chess Club Cup in Budva, Montenegro. GM Nils Grandelius was one of the few ...Sat, 17 Oct 2026 22:12:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/32a024d770076210https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/32a024d770076210GM Wesley So remained the only unbeaten player and sole leader of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship with five points when he fought back from a worse position to defeat GM Ray Robson in round seven. Among the joint leaders from the previous round, ...Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/59a7b64549f4dbe9https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/59a7b64549f4dbe9Grandmasters, the documentary offering an inside look at GMs Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hans Niemann, and the struggle over chess's future, has reached movie theaters across the United States. The film screened at 92 AMC locations on October 11 an...Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:14:59 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/834c268b2f1d8b81https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/834c268b2f1d8b81GM Sina Movahed won Freestyle Friday on October 16, riding a 7/7 start to sole first place on nine points. GM Haowen Xue finished second with 8.5/11, surpassing GM Ian Nepomniachtchi on tiebreaks. The win was Movahed's sixth in Freestyle Friday, t...Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:25:18 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/02483a9dd95a513ehttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/02483a9dd95a513eGM Parham Maghsoodloo won the first two 3 0 Thursday tournaments on October 15, the first player to win consecutive events since GM Jose Martinez did it in back-to-back weeks in March and April. Maghsoodloo tried to become the first player to ever...Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:32:08 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/cbe14cee8960944ahttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/cbe14cee8960944aBoth tournaments are wide open after six decisive games on Thursday. Four players lead the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship: GMs Wesley So, Andy Woodward, Fabiano Caruana, and Awonder Liang. Caruana scored a bounce-back win against GM Sam Shankland an...Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:08:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/f66f846a98f1ae77https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/f66f846a98f1ae77The last two league champions, Saint Louis University (SLU) and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), are the two undefeated teams after two matches each in the 2026 fall season of the Collegiate Chess League. SLU has dominated both matches tha...Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:57:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/f87cfd616e0b303chttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/f87cfd616e0b303cEight out of 12 games were decisive on Wednesday, making it the bloodiest round across both tournaments in this year's 2026 U.S. Chess Championships. GM Andy Woodward took down defending champion GM Fabiano Caruana to join GM Wesley So in the lead...Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:57:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/e09722e085fd3b8fhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/e09722e085fd3b8fIM Roman Shogdzhiev took a major step toward becoming the youngest grandmaster in chess history on Monday, scoring his second GM norm in the Serbian Super League. The 11-year-old is now one norm and 29 rating points away from breaking GM Abhimanyu...Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:00:54 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/2d3dc7bf67965494https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/2d3dc7bf67965494GM Fabiano Caruana won Titled Tuesday on October 13 during an off day in the 2026 U.S. Championship—where he currently shares the tournament lead—defeating GM Nihal Sarin in a key 10th-round matchup. Caruana then only made a draw in th...Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:44:54 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/4e718fc9b56342ffhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/4e718fc9b56342ffIt was a day of endgames in round four of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship, with GM Fabiano Caruana scoring a long grinding win over GM Ray Robson to join GM Wesley So in the lead on three points. In other games, GMs Jeffery Xiong, Grigoriy Oparin...Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:04:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/0632c57bfed500e0https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/0632c57bfed500e0GMs Wesley So and Awonder Liang continued as joint leaders with 2.5 points after their mutual encounter ended in a draw in the third round of the 2026 U.S. Chess Championship. GM Andy Woodward was rewarded with a win for his dynamic play against G...Mon, 12 Oct 2026 07:40:22 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/a2f7a185e14dcd5ahttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/a2f7a185e14dcd5aGM Alojzije Jankovic has strongly denied allegations of financial misconduct and called the Croatian Chess Federation's announcement that it has filed a criminal complaint against its former secretary general an attempt to damage his reputation. ...Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:17:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/7ac2c38ebce32cf7https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/7ac2c38ebce32cf7Get ready to climb the highest heights! The Chess.com King of the Hill Chess Championship is the next event of the Chess.com Community Championships. The event takes place from May 6 to May 8 and will feature a $2,500 prize fund—along with t...Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:11:11 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/041c231e1c253adahttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/041c231e1c253adaChess.com Open runner-up GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who qualified for the 2026 Esports World Cup with the result, followed up by winning Titled Tuesday on April 28. Propelled by an 8/8 start, Duda would only score half a point in the next two rounds, ...Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:23:46 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/6140629922e1c373https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/6140629922e1c373WFM Alexandra Botez got off to a shaky start in the seventh episode of Kids vs. Stars when she found herself lost in seven moves against her 13-year-old Canadian compatriot WFM Ashley Qian. That game couldn't be save, but despite serious time trou...Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:27:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/7a6562a69220a9fehttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/7a6562a69220a9feMillions of viewers of Jeopardy!—one of America’s most popular TV shows—saw a dramatic shakeup on Monday when IM Greg Shahade dethroned one of its most dominant contestants ever. Jamie Ding had become a popular personality duri...Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:52:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/3bbe8509d18688a7https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/3bbe8509d18688a7Team Liquid's GM Magnus Carlsen won the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs after defeating GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda in an exhilarating Grand Final. Duda, coming from the Losers Bracket, dominated the first match 2.5-0.5, but Carlsen came back in the Match ...Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:28:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/140b9b33d5bae542https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/140b9b33d5bae542GM Arjun Erigaisi has rocketed up Bullet Brawl's all-time leaderboard after fending off GM Oleksander Bortnyk and notching his second straight $400 victory on Saturday. With Bortnyk breathing down his neck for most of the arena, Arjun held his ner...Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:12:09 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/c727d59602282cbchttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/c727d59602282cbcGM Jan-Krzysztof Duda will have a rematch with GM Magnus Carlsen in the Grand Final of the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs. On Saturday, the Polish star won the Losers Final 1.5-0.5 with the black pieces in a sharp Nimzo-Indian Defense against GM Den...Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:24:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/b702c2bacf06c9d4https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/b702c2bacf06c9d4GMs Amin Tabatabaei, Haik Martirosyan, and Oleksandr Bortnyk won 3 0 Thursday tournaments on April 23. No one had a smooth run to the title as GM Jose Martinez, one of the top Thursday performers this year, made the podium in each event, but could...Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:43:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/2e2f9f54becaaffehttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/2e2f9f54becaaffeThe 2025 Broadway Cast Recording of Chess, the cult-favorite musical set against a Cold War-era world championship match, has officially dropped on Spotify and other streaming platforms.  The show returned to Broadway in New York last fall ...Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:30:50 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/d16a51ed5557dd47https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/d16a51ed5557dd47GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GMs Denis Lazavik and Jan-Krzysztof Duda, with a 3-2 score in both matches, to advance to the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs Grand Final. Just by reaching the Winners Final, however, Duda has earned one of the three q...Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:23:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/8e2b1ae1f0169c0fhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/8e2b1ae1f0169c0fGM Nodirbek Yakubboev won his first Freestyle Friday on April 24, going undefeated to win outright with 10/11 points. The result nearly doubled his total in the Freestyle Friday Championship, moving him into fourth place on the leaderboard behind ...Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:08:54 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/5b9b76afe74acf2fhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/5b9b76afe74acf2fGMs Magnus Carlsen, Denis Lazavik, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and Nihal Sarin are the last ones standing in the Winners Bracket of the 2026 Chess.com Open Playoffs, after winning two matches on Thursday. In the Losers Bracket, the first four players were...Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:21:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/cb3862bf9cc59881https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/cb3862bf9cc59881European chess fans can rejoice. IM Levy Rozman, known online as GothamChess, has confirmed he's returning to the old continent following his sold-out first tour in 2025. From October 25 to November 10, the biggest chess YouTuber on Earth will ret...Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:00:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/91ce388f94f641dfhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/91ce388f94f641dfGM Javokhir Sindarov's historic win at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament saw him return home a hero to Uzbekistan, where he was met in Tashkent Airport by the prime minister before being awarded a second medal in six months by the president. Can...Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:13:19 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/0bf5b4f5c40336bchttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/0bf5b4f5c40336bcGrandmasters, a new docuseries featuring GMs Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, and Hans Niemann, along with other top figures in the chess world, will premiere as an Official Selection at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival, with its debut screening sc...Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:47:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/fe9259b315c91205https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/fe9259b315c91205GM Nihal Sarin won his second Titled Tuesday of the last six weeks on April 21, rejoining GM Sina Movahed atop the spring split standings. Whereas in his previous victory, Nihal led wire-to-wire, this week he lost in the third round. Nonetheless, ...Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:43:51 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/c14570ad1a805cddhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/c14570ad1a805cddIn the fall 2025 season, the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) team fell just short, losing in the finals 8.5-7.5 against St. Louis University (SLU). They fought their way back in the spring 2026 season, claiming the title 9.5-6.5 against SRM In...Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:41:17 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/2da06a8d584b9cc2https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/2da06a8d584b9cc2WGM Jennifer Shahade delivers a case for why chess thinking matters far beyond the board in her new book Thinking Sideways: How to Think Like a Chess Player and Win at Life. The two-time U.S. Women's Champion has long been known as one of the ch...Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:48:16 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/cff9d10dd252d030https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/cff9d10dd252d030Armenian chess legend GM Smbat Lputian was arrested on Friday as part of a criminal investigation into alleged fraud and forgery, according to national media. He was later released, though charges against him remain in place. The arrest has been...Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:37:58 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/56bd4d892c7d8b66https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/56bd4d892c7d8b66Seventeen-year-old Ukrainian IM Roman Dehtiarov has made history as both the youngest and lowest-seeded player ever to win the European Individual Chess Championship. He started the event in Katowice, Poland ranked 126th out of 501 players, with a...Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:31:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/25d30f99cd49107bhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/25d30f99cd49107bWFM Alexandra Botez is not intimidated to play chess in front of a legion of strangers online. But now she's about to do something much scarier—play against four kids who are literally younger than Instagram. The next episode of Kids vs. Sta...Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:03:25 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/6208e1b227b27dabhttps://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/6208e1b227b27dabGM Arjun Erigaisi has proven his mettle once again in the Bullet Brawl arena by confirming his second title in a commanding display of attacking chess. Arjun scored 52/63 in two hours for a score of 175 points, earning him the $400 first priz...Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:22:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/8af8584b20514cc2https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/8af8584b20514cc2GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus has taken another step toward chess history. The 14-year-old Turkish prodigy crushed GM Veselin Topalov 5-1 in the Clash of Generations III on Friday, breaking the 2700 barrier on the live rating list for the first time and ...Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:34:00 GMT https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/22e257941bd80cc5https://chesspan.bp-studio.com/news/22e257941bd80cc5Luis Ignasio, aka EyeoftheTiger1204, defended his title in the second edition of the 4-Player Chess Championship. Despite starting the first game of the Knockout by finishing last, he made what commentator Jai Sandhu called "a sensational return a...Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:08:00 GMT