The Esports World Cup gets going in Paris after a last-minute move from Saudi Arabia. Is it any less controversial?

The international governing body for chess has suspended former world champion Vladimir Kramnik for at least a year. The ...

FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2026 has started in Hong Kong, featuring over 40 teams and 300 players. Know the format, schedule, prize money, top teams, tickets, and where to ...

St. Louis is hosting some of the nation’s top chess competitors this week for the U.S. Senior Championship, U.S. Junior ...

A round-six blitz game in Minorca starts as a normal Queen’s Gambit Declined, but one quiet threat turns the board upside ...

He sat down expecting a normal match and plenty of time to think. Then one mistake opened the door and the attack started ...

Ken Marino loves living in L.A. Living here has certainly been good for his acting career. Though he broke into the business ...

In the summer of 1924, Palace Square in Leningrad - today St. Petersburg - became the setting for a remarkable human chess ...

From a town with zero chess infrastructure to crashing the elite 2800 club, Arjun Erigaisi’s rise is anything but traditional ...

Samay Raina won Comicstaan, helped popularise chess on YouTube and built India's Got Latent into a phenomenon. After a major setback, he's now brought the show back on Netflix.

World champion D Gukesh may have stepped away from classical chess for the time being, but he remains committed to elite competitions. The Indian grandmaster will compete against some of the strongest ...

Hong Kong (AFP) – Chess legend and avid football fan Magnus Carlsen predicted on Tuesday that Norway would "hammer" Iraq in their World Cup opener -- and could go on to reach the quarter-finals. The ...