Online Tournament
Chess.com will host its Spell Chess Championship from July 15 to July 17 as part of the Community Championships series. The online event offers $2,500 in prizes and features a chess variant that incorporates magical spells.
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Four grandmasters advanced to the winners semifinals of the 2026 Bullet Chess Championship after winning their matches on day one. The double-elimination event continues on Thursday with several elimination rounds.
Mikhail Korenman, the FIDE project leader for the Chess for Freedom program, recently visited Georgia to advance the initiative. He engaged with officials and oversaw the first mixed online tournament involving prison teams from multiple countries. The event highlighted rehabilitation through chess and draughts.
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A Bangladeshi daily reports that chess champion Magnus Carlsen was defeated by 9-year-old Ryan Rashid Mugdha in an online bullet chess game. The match occurred on January 18 during a Bullet Brawl tournament on chess.com. Coach Naim Haque confirmed the result, attributing Carlsen's loss to an accidental mouse click.