Kateryna Lagno Takes the Tokyo Blitz, Joins Vaishali Rameshbabu in the Grand Final

GM Kateryna Lagno won the Blitz segment of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Tokyo stage, defeating GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 3–2 in a final that ran the full distance and was settled in Armageddon. With the win, Lagno secured the second of two Tokyo tickets to the Grand Final in Stuttgart, Germany, joining Rapid champion GM Vaishali Rameshbabu.

Vaishali Rameshbabu Wins Tokyo Rapid to Open the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026

GM Vaishali Rameshbabu won the Rapid segment of the WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 Tokyo stage, beating IM Alua Nurman 1½–½ in the final on the first day of top-level international chess in Japan.

WR Bughouse Championship Live from Manila

The WR Bughouse Championship is currently underway in Manila, bringing together top players for a high-energy team competition.

Wadim Rosenstein is redefining marketing for chess

For the first time in history, Japan will host a world-level chess competition. The project is an initiative by Wadim Rosenstein, a German entrepreneur who has spent the past four…

Chess wants to conquer Japan, with the best women chess players as ambassadors

Japan will step onto the global chess stage in June 2026, as Tokyo prepares to host a top-tier international chess event for the first time in the country's history. The two-day sh…

A Chess Announcement Goes Viral with 22 Million Views

One of the most-viewed sports announcement posts of 2026: How Wadim Rosenstein cracked the Gen Alpha code

WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026

WR Chess launches the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026, a global circuit of four continental tournaments and a Grand Final at the end of the year. The series runs across Asia and Oceania…

WR Chess supports the World Cadets Chess Championship 2024

WR Chess is thrilled to sponsor the World Cadet Chess Championship 2024, held in Montesilvano, Italy, from November 15-26, 2024. This prestigious event brings together the brightes…

Support for the World Youth Chess Championship 2024

WR Chess supports the World Youth Chess Championship 2024 in Brazil, where the best young talents in the world have been competing for the titles from October 28 to November 10. 52…

Arjun Erigaisi triumphs in the WR Chess Masters Cup 2024

Inspired by Wadim Rosenstein: the Asian Rapid Team Chess Championship

The first Asian Rapid Team Chess Championship, encouraged by the success of the FIDE Rapid World Team Championship in Düsseldorf, was a new milestone in the international chess cal…

Rising chess star Patryk Cieślak

Three gold medals of the European Under-12 Championships in classical chess, four medals of the Polish and European Junior Championships in rapid and blitz chess, and a jump of 225…

World Rapid Team Championship in Düsseldorf

Does the name Rainer Becker mean anything to Fabiano Caruana? Has Levon Aronian ever heard of Manfred Schneider? If not, that will change soon. From 26 August at the Rapid Team Wor…

The world chess elite in Düsseldorf

From 26th to 28th of August 2023, Düsseldorf will host a unique competition — the first World Team Rapid Chess Championship organized by FIDE in partnership with WR Logistics GmbH.

Front runner!

If the best-dressed team were to be chosen in Düsseldorf, the Rapid Team World Championship would have been decided before the first round. But chess is not a fashion show. And no…

Praggnanandhaa!

Four matches, four wins. Team "WR Chess" continued its run at the FIDE Rapid Team World Championship in Dusseldorf. On the second day they met the co-favourites. Some of the matche…

Final spurt to the title

WR Chess vs. Chess Pensioners 3,5:2,5

Getting ready for the WR Chess Masters Cup 2024!

he WR Chess Masters Cup is set to take place from October 14th to 18th, 2024, at the prestigious Langham Hotel in London. As the second edition of the WR Chess Masters series, this…

World Champion once again: WR Chess Team’s latest triumph

The 2024 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship in Astana marks the second consecutive world team title for the WR Chess Team after winning the FIDE Rapid Team Championship in 2023.

WR Chess Team wins the World Rapid Team Championship!

The "WR Chess" team, sponsored by Düsseldorf company "WR Logistics", has won the first World Rapid Team Championship of the world chess federation FIDE. With 22:2 matchpoints, the…

Levon Aronian wins the WR Chess Masters 2023

Levon Aronian has won the WR Chess Masters. After Aronian, Gukesh and Ian Nepomniachtchi were tied with 5.5/9 each at the end of the regular distance of nine rounds, Aronian won th…