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In a brave public act, David Navara explains in details what he went through after the baseless allegations of Kramnik. Navara describes the emotional torture by Kramnik’s allegations, the silence of FIDE, their posterior inadequate reaction and total disregard on basic FIDE ethical and moral values.

David Navara does not have social media, but he has a big heart. No one has the right to bully or disrespect him, and he will always have our support. Today we launch a David Navara calendar where you can see the future events, cheer for, and follow David Navara.

Roman Shogdzhiev is the youngest International Master at only 10 years, 3 months, and 21 days. With this achievement Roman Shogdzhiev beats the record set by Faustino Oro. Shogdzhiev won his final norm at the RadnickiChess May IM tournament in Belgrade, Serbia (find the tournament in The Chess Calendar and the Serbia Chess Calendar). The previous norm was achieved at Baku Open 2025

Anish Giri is the winner of Sharjah Masters 2025. In a solid fashion, Anish Giri was always near the top and a final round victory secured his sole first at the championship (replay the games here)

With his victory Anish Giri added 10,3 elo points and is getting close to the top 10 in the world. Check out the next events of Anish Giri in The Chess Calendar

Congratulations to Grandmaster Bibisara Assaubayeva. She achieved her Grandmaster title at Sharjah Masters (replay the games here), becoming the 34th woman to achieve the title and currently the youngest to hold it. Check out the next events of Bibisara Assaubayeva here

In a brave public act, David Navara explains in details what he went through after the baseless accusations of Kramnik. Navara describes the emotional torture by Kramnik’s allegations, the silence of FIDE, their posterior inadequate reaction and total disregard on basic FIDE ethical and moral values.

In a brave public act, David Navara explains in details what he went through after the baseless accusations of Kramnik. Navara describes the emotional torture by Kramnik’s allegations, the silence of FIDE, their posterior inadequate reaction and total disregard on basic FIDE ethical and moral values.

This is not a secret – computer chess is undergoing an explosive advancement. Just recently Stockfish crossed the 3700 ELO mark, while even 4KiB (4096 bytes) size engines are playing with strength 3100+ (see it to believe it)

35 seconds. This is how long it took for Vladimir Kramnik to block Chessdom’s X account over a comment that he is “twisting facts again”

In a brave public act, David Navara explains in details what he went through after the baseless accusations of Kramnik. Navara describes the emotional torture by Kramnik’s accusations, the silence of FIDE, their posterior inadequate reaction and total disregard on basic FIDE ethical and moral values. Navara ends his letter with a demand of resignation of Arkady Dvorkovich as FIDE President and provoked a massive reaction by the chess world

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