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Upcoming Netflix Chess Documentary

The "Queen of Chess" is coming to the small screen. ♟️📺
On February 6, Netflix releases a new documentary chronicling the career of GM Judit Polgár. The film explores her ascent to the top of the chess world, her historic battles against Garry Kasparov, and her journey to becoming the highest-rated female player in history.
At Chess Zone, we recognize the Polgár family as one of the most influential dynasties in the game. It was a privilege to host Judit’s sister—the trailblazing GM Susan Polgar—at our facility this past November for a day of chess excellence.
As we prepare for the documentary launch, revisit the highlights of Susan’s visit and her impact on our local chess community: 📖 Read the recap:

https://www.chess.zone/chess-zone-news-december-2025/

Kids nowadays!

8-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 stunned the world with her phenomenal performance at the European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in , !

In the last couple of days, her name appeared in Daily Mail, CNN News, BBC News, The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, Sky News, Der Spiegel, NDTW world and other media who reported about Bodhana’s success in Zagreb.

Scoring 8.5/13 points, Bodhana Sivanandan emerged as the best-ranked female player in the European Blitz Chess Championship 2023! 👏

Detailed information: https://www.europechess.org/8-year-old-bodhana-sivanandan-stuns-the-world-with-her-impressive-performance-at-european-rapidblitz-championship/

📸: Luka Rifelj

summer camp 2018
Kids favorite instructors are the former campers that inspired them to learn and improve.

Summer 2019
We are getting ready to the upcoming 2023 summer camps. Kids really learn a lot and enjoy the camps.

Do cats play chess as well? 🤔😄

Chess helps athletes to train their minds!

La Victoria está en la Mente. Una larga tradición artesanal construyendo baúles fotografiada por Annie Leibovitz para Louis Vuitton.

Victory is a State of Mind. A long tradition of crafting trunks photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Louis Vuitton.

Chess helps athletes to train their minds!

Victory is a State of Mind. A long tradition of crafting trunks photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Louis Vuitton

R.I.P.

It is with the utmost sadness that we have to report the death of International Master Michael Basman - the founder of the UK Chess Challenge. His efforts encouraged me and millions of other kids to enjoy the wonderful benefits of this game.

Mike had a wicked sense of humour which could even be seen in his opening choices (1.g4 as white and 1…g5 as black). Just a few days before his untimely death we were joking about how even the World champion Magnus Carlsen was finally adopting his openings in a recent chess.com Titled Tuesday event.

The energy, originality and joy that Mike brought to all his endeavours is a source of great inspiration. He believed that young minds should be encouraged to be rational, compassionate and creative and that through chess and the UK Chess Challenge he could help develop these traits in the next generation. Mike was a fighter at the board and away from it – not afraid to stand up for his beliefs.

Mike leaves behind an incredible chess legacy and I know many of his former students, friends and acquaintances will be deeply saddened by his passing. Our condolences go out to his family and nearest friends. 💙♟

Happy International Chess Day!

International Chess Day, and our birthday, is in just two days! ♟️🎉 Let’s follow the tradition and teach someone chess on this day! Don't forget to share your experience using #InternationalChessDay and spread the word! Let's make the chess community bigger! #chess #chesslife #chesslove #chessplayer #fide #chessforall

We support Ukraine 🇺🇦 too.

🇺🇦 ChessKid supports the people of Ukraine. Find out more about our upcoming events to help Ukrainian children and families 👇

Join FunMasterMike tomorrow for a special event to raise money for the Tvoya Opora Foundation. He'll be sharing the best games played by top Ukrainian players. After that, the three ChessKids with the top three donations will get to play a game with him! Register here: https://funmastermike.com/mini-camps/ ✍️

The Tvoya Opora Foundation was personally selected by Ukrainian GM Anna Muzychuk. The Foundation helps children and families injured or displayed by the war.

You can also take part in our ChessKid4Peace fundraiser event on March 21st. More details here 👇

https://www.chesskid.com/learn/articles/chesskid-and-funmastermike-support-ukraine