WR Chess

Team WR Chess is in Hong Kong!

Our full squad has arrived for the FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Championships, and we’re proud of every name on this list.
- Magnus Carlsen
- Fabiano Caruana
- Wesley So
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
- Jan-Krzysztof Duda
- Jan Gustafsson
- Alexandra Kosteniuk
- Aleksandra Goryachkina
- Zandanshatar Gombojavyn
- Wadim Rosenstein

Five days, one team. Let’s go. 💪

📍 Hong Kong · 17–21 June 2026

WR Chess hereby confirms that the only official press conference featuring World No. 1 and five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in Hong Kong will take place tomorrow at the Rosewood Hotel.

Any conflicting announcements or information should be disregarded.

📍 Rosewood Hotel, 3rd Floor
🕘 09:45 AM

Magnus Carlsen will attend this press conference together with founder of WR Chess Wadim Rosenstein , former World Championship Challenger Fabiano Caruana , World Championship Challenger Javohir Sindarov , H.E. Zandanshatar Gombojav , 34th Prime Minister of Mongolia, and the full WR Chess Team.

We look forward to welcoming international media representatives and distinguished guests.

Magnus Carlsen makes his first official visit to Hong Kong 🇭🇰

Join a press conference on June 16 at 09:45.
Rosewood Hotel, Gallery 304.

Speaking alongside Carlsen:
Fabiano Caruana - the former World Championship Challenger.
Javokhir Sindarov - the current World Championship Challenger.
Wadim Rosenstein - founder and player of the WR Chess Team.

One-on-one interviews & media accreditation are available on request.

Email [email protected] to register - spaces are limited.

Magnus Carlsen is coming to Bangkok 🇹🇭

The ASEAN E-Sports Chess Cup lands at the Four Seasons on 13 June — 20 players, four groups, one knockout, and every game decided in 20 minutes or less.

Carlsen. Caruana. Le Quang Liem. And a crop of strong local players that’ll be eager to take them down.

👉 https://bit.ly/wr-bangkok

🌴 The Punta Cana field is taking shape.

WR Women’s Chess Tour · Americas Leg · July 1–2.

· Carissa Yip — 2458
· Leía Garifullina — 2423
· Alice Lee — 2415
· Megan Paragua — 2267
· Carolina Luján — 2234

Three spots remain — including one qualification spot for the top female player at the Lima Marathon (June 25–28).

Be part of the World Chess Marathon and register today!

Want to play alongside Leinier Dominguez, Faustino Oro, Jose Martinez Alcantara and more top GMs?

The World Chess Marathon in Lima is FREE to enter - any age, any nationality, any level.

8 FIDE-rated tournaments across 4 days 🇵🇪
Blitz · Rapid · Bughouse
$100,000 prize fund

Registration deadline: 18 June 2026.
👉 https://bit.ly/4oikPX9

🏆 GM Kateryna Lagno wins the Blitz in Tokyo ⚡

📍 Tokyo, Japan. 👑 WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026.

Lagno beat GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 3–2 in the final to close out the Tokyo stage of the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026.

✅ Vaishali R. (15 points) and Kateryna Lagno (15 points) qualify for the Grand Final at Rosenstein Palace, Stuttgart — 22–23 November 2026.

Thanks to the Japan Chess Federation, the Tokyo Toranomon Edition Hotel, the players, arbiters, commentators, production team, photographers, and everyone who tuned in.

📸 Lennart Ootes

Day 1 done in Tokyo 🇯🇵

GM Vaishali Rameshbabu wins the Rapid segment of the WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026 Tokyo stage, defeating IM Alua Nurman 1½–½ in the final.

After Day 1:
— 10 pts.
— 8 pts.
/ — 5 pts.

Blitz tomorrow, June 7, from 11:00 JST.

📍 Tokyo, Japan
👑 WR Women’s Chess Tour 2026.

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