In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin was in London making a last attempt to avoid war. A certain Lady Caroline Howe invited Franklin to her home to play a friendly chess game, “fancying she could beat ...

Data from 160,000 ranked chess players and more than 5 million chess matches suggest that women playing against men perform better than expected based on their official chess ratings, according to new ...

Chess in India is at a good place: There are young players rising up quickly, like Gukesh D and R Praggnanandhaa; India hosted the Chess Olympiad last year and secured two medals; and it played a big ...

THE Philippine chess team bagged the silver medal after a tight finale against Thailand in the Asean Rapid Men Quadruple ...

“There’s a general feeling that men are more suitable,” she adds. “Some people still believe women are not strong enough to lead a team.” ‘It’s not down to biology’ Women are sorely underrepresented ...

We've long maintained that chess is one of the least aggressive gentleman's sports, just a wee bit behind Horseshoes on the blood-and-sweat chart. Who could find fault in benign chess players? But no ...

These are boom times for chess. Boards are sold out. Bookstores can’t keep how-tos on the shelves. The reason: Beth Harmon, a Kentucky-orphan-turned-chess-prodigy who in the 1950s and ’60s dominated ...

Sean Gallup / Getty Images Rugby, swimming, track and field — transgender women have been banned from international women’s events in a growing number of sports. The latest to make that list is chess.

If British chess grandmaster Nigel Short’s theory is correct, the queen better leave the driving to the king. It’s not that woman are inferior. No. They just have smaller brains, Short said in an ...