The world chess championship may be decided by a freeze and a fake-out. The unexpectedly compelling 14-game title match in Astana, Kazakhstan, between Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and Chinese GM Ding ...

Arjun Erigaisi, R. Praggnanandhaa and Harikrishna Pentala will fight it out in tiebreaks tomorrow while Karthik Venkataraman ...

The international governing body of competitive chess is effectively banning transgender women from competing and stripping trans men of previously won women’s titles. In its guidelines for ...

Chess is booming. A heady cocktail of Queen’s Gambit mania, pandemic boredom, and Twitch streaming has given the ancient board game more visibility than it’s had in a long, long time. It’s been half a ...

NEW DELHI: D Gukesh, the 18-year-old Indian Grandmaster, put up a valiant effort but could not break through the resilient defence of the reigning champion, Ding Liren of China, in the 13th and ...

Javokhir Sindarov, the youngest Chess World Cup champion, eyes future titles as India and Uzbekistan dominate upcoming tournaments.

FIDE, the International Chess Federation, has released a new policy banning transgender women from competing in women's chess events. The policy states that players who have transitioned from male to ...

Aug. 29 (UPI) --A defamation legal battle regarding a teenage chess prodigy accused of using vibrating sex toys to cheat during a tournament in Missouri last year reached its conclusion Monday. Hans ...

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In 2014, Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera, both 3D-fabrication artists in the United States, gave the world something they considered a gift and homage: a re-creation of Marcel Duchamp’s personal ...

After a titanic 136-move victory Friday that clocked in as the longest game in the 150-year history of world chess championship matches, Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen comfortably held a draw ...