Daniel Naroditsky, a 29-year-old standard-bearer in the world of competitive speed chess that flourished in the COVID-19 ...

Oslo (AFP) – The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and world number one Magnus Carlsen have a long history of disagreements, but on Wednesday both backed a new world championship concept that sets ...

Michelle Zhang isn’t even a teenager yet, but that didn’t stop her from putting up a strong fight against one of the best chess players on the planet on Saturday. World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura made a ...

It’s game on for the Broadway revival of Chess, starring Tony winner Aaron Tveit as hotheaded American champion Freddie Trumper, Lea Michele as Florence Vassy, Nicholas Christopher as Russian ...

An incident at the 'Checkmate: USA vs India' exhibition event in Texas triggered a huge controversy on Sunday after Hikaru Nakamura threw D Gukesh's king into the crowd after defeating him. The act by ...

American chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura threw his beaten opponent's king into the crowd after clinching a 5-0 win for the United States over India in Texas. Other leading players accused Nakamura ...

If you’ve heard anything about the ’80s musical “Chess,” it’s probably this: catchy songs, nonsensical story. Clearly, they know the challenge ahead as a fresh take on “Chess” opens this month at New ...

Like many people before him, Danny Strong fell in love with the music of "Chess," enthralled by the vibes of its sweeping ballads and rock anthems. "It kept popping up on one of my Spotify playlists," ...

Grandmaster R Vaishali secured her spot in the Women’s Candidates Tournament 2026 by winning the Women’s Grand Swiss in Samarkand. This victory came after a challenging experience at the Chennai Grand ...

Android, it's your move. Language-learning app Duolingo announced Tuesday that it is launching its chess instruction to Android phones, three months after introducing the game to iOS devices. The ...

International chess master Brian Hartman will take any opportunity to return to his hometown of Hamilton. So when Hartman's friend asked him if he'd play a bunch of people simultaneously at Supercrawl ...