While only seven episodes long, the Netflix limited series The Queen's Gambit was an absolute phenomenon when it dropped in 2020. Based on a novel by Walter Tevis, the series stars Anya Taylor-Joy as ...

On Oct. 19, American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky was found dead in his Charlotte, N.C. home. He was a few weeks shy ...

Bryce Henry emphasized the term "high-stakes chess match" in the BKFC Hammond main event. After winning his first five bare-knuckle bouts by knockout, Henry earned a main event opportunity against ...

The winner will receive USD 70,000, while the runner-up gets USD 50,000. If the match ends in a tie, both players will split USD 60,000 equally. An additional USD 24,000 in bonus money is available ...

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 ...

At eight years old, Griffin McConnell underwent a third brain surgery to treat his life-threatening epileptic seizures. The operation disconnected the left side of Griffin’s brain, limiting function ...

Pawn pushers at a couple of low-stakes chess tournaments in Iowa and Louisiana recently sat down at their boards only to discover a surprising competitor: one of the highest rated chess players ever ...

Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura stunned World Champion D Gukesh as India were whitewashed 0-5 by the USA in the first Checkmate event in Arlington, United States. However, the Japan-born American chess ...

Indian chess witnessed a landmark September as Arjun Erigaisi ascended to world number four and Nihal Sarin joined the elite 2700 club. Vaishali Rameshbabu secured a Women's Candidates spot, while ...

In 2010, a day after drumming before 27,000 blues fans, with pop star John Mayer’s trio at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in a Bridgeview soccer stadium, prolific session musician Steve Jordan ...

Talk about playing the long game! The cult musical “Chess” — which had only 68 regular performances on Broadway before closing in 1988 but spawned a hit soundtrack by two members of ABBA — is making a ...