The 5th Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup will be played on Lichess between 1 and 2 February. Academic institutions can still register a team until 24 hours before the start of Round 1. The winning team will receive an online training session with the former World Champion Garry Kasparov!

Last rest day of Tata Steel Chess 2025: World Champion Gukesh D is in the sole lead with 7.5/10, followed by GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov with 7 points and R Praggnanandhaa with 6.5 points. Read our recap of Round 10 and watch the final three rounds in our broadcast, continuing tomorrow at 13:15 UTC.

GM Joel Benjamin defeats @LeelaKnightOdds 4.5 to 3.5 in their exhibition match on Lichess, after taking an early lead with 2 wins in the first 2 games.

The 8-game knight odds match between GM Joel Benjamin and @LeelaKnightOdds, played with a classical time control, just started! Follow it in our broadcast until 27 January and tune in to GM Matthew Sadler's live commentary on YouTube.

Replay all our broadcast games now without spoilers! Turn off the Results toggle on a broadcast tournament page and the results of the games will be hidden - including the moves until you make them on the board. Try it now with the Tata Steel Masters.

First rest day of Tata Steel Chess 2025 after 5 rounds: GMs R Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov share the lead in the Masters, while GM Erwin l'Ami is in sole first place in the Challengers section. Read our recap of Round 5 and watch the remaining rounds in our broadcast.

You can now pin up to three of your favourite blog posts to your profile page by enabling the new "Sticky post" option in the blog settings. Many thanks to Yet Another Fred for implementing this feature!