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A blindfold chess show looks like a superpower, yet it is easy to stage. Learn the seating, roles, clock and ideas that make a live exhibition work.

A giant chess set on a gallery floor needs a clock you can read from across the room. So I built one: a single piece in walnut and oak, with...

In May 2024, I collected a board's worth of signatures in a players' room in Warsaw. This is a short story about where that board ended up, and about the...

On September 26, 2026, the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest gave itself over to chess for a day: a blindfold exhibition on the main stage, a giant floor-standing board that...

FIDE Master Michał Fudalej on where a magnetic chess set actually gets played — fridge, wall or office — and introducing ChessboPIN.

A FIDE Master's honest story: three generations at one tournament, and the mistakes he made with his own daughters — and what he'd do differently.

Cartier and Hermès understand luxury extremely well. What they don't necessarily understand is chess. Five honest, checkable things that actually make a chess set rare.

By FM Michał Fudalej · ChessboArt The Insider's Chessboard: Craft, Counsel, and a World Rarely Seen A small workshop. A global, prestigious reach. Here's how the two are connected —...

We got back at dawn from one of the most extraordinary tournaments we've been part of. The WR Women's Chess Tour 2026 — Europe Leg brought eight of the world's...