Framed as a sports tale, “Queen of Chess,” directed by Rory Kennedy, recounts the life of Judit Polgar, who battled sexism as much as rival players. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...

At a private home in Park City, Utah, Alec Baldwin sat across a chess board from Judit Polgár – he sighted, she blindfolded. Despite the visual disadvantage, it didn’t take long for Polgár to ...

Taylor Gates is an Indiana native who earned her BFA in Creative Writing from the University of Evansville. She fell in love with entertainment by watching shows about chaotic families like Full House ...

There has been no shortage of media exploring the cinematic potential of chess, from “Queen of Katwe” to “Pawn Sacrifice.” Still, few have demonstrated the intensity of the sport more than director ...

The Charlotte Chess Center announced the news of the prolific player's death with a social media post on Oct. 20 Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers ...

Earnings announcements are one of the few scheduled events that consistently move markets. Prices react not just to the reported numbers, but to how those numbers compare with expectations. A small ...

Chess can be improved by rearranging the positions of the starting pieces to produce a more difficult or fairer game, a physicist has found. A standard game of chess always starts with the pieces at ...

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days. Born in 2022, Sarwagya — from Sagar in the ...

Chess's international governing body said Tuesday that it filed a complaint against former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik after he leveled unproven allegations of cheating against fellow ...

Chess instruction launches on Android phones, and Duolingo customers with iPhones will soon be able to play chess against each other. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content ...

Naroditsky died suddenly at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky was a beloved figure and instructor, announced his death on October 20. "It is with ...