The world No 1 lost to Jorden van Foreest, but squeezed into a tie for first and won the blitz playoff ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen just won a $250,000 online chess tournament using an iPad. He didn't have a computer and ...

She faced Magnus Carlsen in a fast-paced simul and ended up playing the last game still alive. At one point she was better, a ...

USA retained the world 50+ title, while Germany-Lasker SGK won the 65+ equivalent, with England fourth in both events ...

In a league defined by speed, spectacle, and a generation of fearless young minds, Fabiano Caruana moves with a kind of stillness that borders on cinematic. His eyes, focused, unhurried, almost ...

Battling a power cut and poor internet, the eight-year old boy played by candlelight and secured a remarkable victory.

The novelist—whose new book, “John of John,” is out now—shares a few of his favorite works of historical fiction that center ...

Gukesh vs Sindarov will be the youngest classical chess World Championship match in history, with a combined age of 39.

But ask the 15-year-old how many chess grandmasters he has beaten, and he claims he does not keep count. The teenager, from ...

Javokhir Sindarov bulldozed his way through the Fide Candidates in Cyprus, clinching the title with a round to spare and setting up a dream World Championship showdown against current title holder D ...

I discovered that I like chess,” Kandil says on becoming a Grandmaster after winning the Arab Championship in November 2025.

A new book by Jordan Himelfarb follows the game’s rising young players, including the reigning world champion Gukesh ...