This Bengaluru Teen Is India's Only Medallist At The 2026 World Youth Chess Championship

Pratitee Bordoloi, a 13-year-old student from Bengaluru, won India's only medal at the FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2026 in Italy.
The Financial Express

The $1.5 Million Bet That Made a 19-Year-Old Indian India’s Highest-Paid Chess Player

From a town with zero chess infrastructure to crashing the elite 2800 club, Arjun Erigaisi’s rise is anything but traditional ...
Cyprus Mail

Cape Town to host WSTC’s first African stage, with Freedom Holding Corp. as general partner

The African Continental Stage of the FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship 2026 (WSTC 2026) will take place over July 6-11, 2026 at Stellenbosch University, in Cape Town, South Africa. The event ...
The South African

Cape Town to host first African stage of revamped World Schools Team Championship

This July, Cape Town will host a tournament that says as much about the global expansion of school chess as it does about ...

Freedom Holding Corp. Founder Timur Turlov Announces Candidacy for FIDE Deputy President

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN AND NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 29, 2026 / Timur Turlov, President of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation and founder and majority shareholder of Freedom Holding Corp., has ...

Born Exactly 50 Years After Garry Kasparov, 13-Year-Old Pratitee Bordoloi Scripts History In Italy

Thirteen-year-old Pratitee Bordoloi became India's lone medallist at the World Youth Chess Championship, with her coach spotting shades of Garry Kasparov in her game.