Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the ...

Like a queen on a chess board, Chief Chess Officer Lloyd Gauthier can do it all. Every Thursday night at Wackadoo Brewing, ...

The Chess World Cup 2025 will be played from October 31, 2025 to November 27, 2025 and this represents a golden chance for the Indian Chess grandmasters to seal their spot in the Candidates 2026 ...

I am still asked the big question about the ‘18-move rule’ which is not an 18-move rule at all. It is called the fifty-move rule and this is how the chess rules (or laws) explain it. The 50-move rule ...

MANILA, Philippines — World Chess Olympiad veteran Idel Datu delivered a vintage performance and topped the inaugural Daily Fantasy Chess Grand Prix held on lichess.org over the weekend. The ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has introduced a sweeping change to its rating system, one that’s already sparking fury from grandmasters who accuse the governing body of “stealing” points ...

Magnus Carlsen is the latest to criticise the qualification rules for the FIDE Candidates. Image: Reuters World No. 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen has picked one name whom he would want to see in the ...

Chess is arguably the perfect game. Infinite possibilities exist in its 8x8 world full of knights and pawns that can move in the same directions every single match, but much like Tetris, there's ...

Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old UK girl of Indian origin, created history by becoming the youngest-ever chess player. Bodhana went on to defeat Grandmaster, Peter Wells during the last round of the ...

Sometimes the best experiences in life come with the smallest price tags, and nowhere is this more true than at a certain cultural gem hiding in plain sight. The World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries ...

1 Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary Research (FSC PMR), Moscow, Russia 2 Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia The aim of this study ...