Sharjah: India’s Harika Dronavalli and China’s Ju Wenjun were tied at 2.5 points apiece after three rounds of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Chess Championship at the Sharjah Chess Club on Wednesday.

The Total Chess World Championship tour has been added as a qualification pathway as the International Chess Federation (FIDE ...

The FIDE Grand Prix series consists of six stages, which determine the two best chess players to qualify for the Candidates Tournament in 2026 ASTANA, November 8. /TASS/. Russia's Alexandra ...

A new Candidates qualification route has been introduced through the Total Chess World Championship Tour ...

Competition had been scheduled to take place from January 17 to 29. It followed FIDE announcing Gibraltar as hosts for the event in November, with the competition planned to be held as part of the ...

Sharjah: Chinese Grandmasters Ju Wenjun and Hou Yifan drew with their respective 10th round opponents to maintain their top two positions after the penultimate round of the Fide Women’s Grand Prix at ...

Dutch Grandmaster (GM) Anish Giri booked his spot in the FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 after clinching the FIDE Grand Swiss on Monday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Giri topped a packed field of elite ...