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

With the holidays upon us: what do you gift to the person who seemingly: a) has everything, b) wants for nothing, or c) is ...

Norway's Carlsen claims sixth world rapid chess title in Qatar Magnus Carlsen won his sixth world rapid championship title at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Qatar on Sunday.

In a world-first for national-level sports, Han Binbin, a player with cerebral palsy, competed in a Chinese chess tournament ...

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik has filed a lawsuit against the world chess federation (FIDE) in a Swiss civil court ...

Garry Kasparov, chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, author of “Winter Is Coming”, and Russian pro-democracy leader, ...

Garry Kasparov’s battle against Deep Blue is painted not just as a pivotal, but as a harbinger of the looming computer age.

A cerebral palsy player competed in a Chinese chess competition while wearing a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) ...

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

The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025 concluded in Mumbai, showcasing India's growing ambition in exporting sports ...

Lia Smith was a senior at Middlebury College, a transgender woman and, for a time, an athlete on the school’s diving team.

In August of 1972, Bobby Fischer became the first (and to this day, only) American to win the World Chess Championship.