Chess has never been just a board game. It has always been a quiet reflection of the world around it. When societies changed, ...

Ju Wenjun (second from left), the Women’s World Blitz Chess Champion, and Lei Tingjie (first from left), the runner-up, receive their awards of the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships in New ...

Wrong. Because part of the Soviet school of chess lives on through the genius of Magnus Carlsen, who won his ninth World ...

The grandmaster's final moves are preserved in heartbreaking footage. It is distressing, raw and long, and depicts the ...

Young chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan, just ten years old, triumphed at the UK Open Blitz Championships, clinching the women's title and a £500 prize. Her remarkable performance saw her score 13.5/15 ...

Ten-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan added another remarkable achievement to her rapidly growing list of milestones in her young chess career. The Harrow Primary School student won the women’s first prize ...

Bodhana Sivanandan, the 10-year-old Harrow primary schoolgirl who has already broken several age records, added to her achievements on Saturday when she won the £500 women’s first prize in the UK Open ...

World Champion D. Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen headline a field of more than 360 players confirmed for the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Doha. The Blitz Open has drawn 233 ...

GRANDMASTER Rogelio “Joey” Antonio Jr. continues to bring pride to the country as he claimed another championship in the international chess scene. Antonio, known in the chess community as the “Iron ...

This was one game he couldn’t win. Daniel Naroditsky, one of the world’s greatest chess players, was a child prodigy who went on to become America’s greatest ambassador for the sport — before baseless ...

Chess’s governing body has said it is considering disciplinary action against Russian former world champion Vladimir Kramnik over unproven cheating allegations he repeatedly levelled against fellow ...

The chess world mourns Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's sudden death at 29. Naroditsky was a celebrated player and educator. He earned his Grandmaster title at 17. He was a top player in classical, ...