The world champion leads compatriot Praggnanandhaa and Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov on tie break criteria. Can he hold ...

The pinnacle of chess has weathered its fair share of controversies in recent years, including a cheating dustup, geopolitical tension, and players’ bizarre complaints about creaky floors.

Zoey Tang started playing chess at age 7 in a local library. Now, at just 16, she’s No. 1 in the U.S. and ready to be named a ...

Intelligence is attractive, and so are these 11 chess grandmasters and players, whose moves have us locked in checkmate.

If you look at the world rankings, which have Raducanu at No 61 and Swiatek No 2, you would expect this to be a ...

Carlsen is a friend of Jan Henric Buettner, a Hamburg-born entrepreneur whose Weissenhaus Chess Academy sponsors the St.Pauli ...

A 12-year-old chess player from Mississauga recently became the youngest Canadian to win an international master title.

In 2024, 18-year-old Gukesh became the youngest World Chess Champion, while India’s chess stars, including Koneru Humpy, R.

India is expected to host the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 at the end of this year. The last premier international chess event hosted by India was back in 2022.

But this week, that list gained its strangest entry yet: Chess now has a pants controversy. The biggest fashion faux pas this side of the Met Gala unfolded in lower Manhattan on Friday, when five ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Zoey Tang is currently a junior at Westview High School. The 16-year-old discovered chess through a best friend who introduced her to the school’s chess club. “I started ...