World Champion loses to his mentor in another disappointing result as Ganges Grandmasters beat PBG Alaskan Knights ...

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 ...

Mumbai, Jan 7 (PTI) The fight for the top honours is poised for an interesting finish in the EKA|IIFL Investment Managers 4thMumbai International Chess Tournament with three players tied in top ...

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 ...

Magnus Carlsen seems to sense the growing power of 16-year-old chess phenom Alireza Firouzja and the long-term threat Firouzja poses to his chess supremacy. Their rivalry has exploded lately: No. 1 ...

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 ...

Not for most of us, perhaps - not for the bluffers and the fudgers and the seat-of-the-pants players who prod a path through matchups in which each side's strategy is a winsome, wobbling comedy of ...

The sport, born and based in the German capital, continues to knock out onlookers with its unusual matches. With his dental guard still in his mouth and a slightly queasy feeling in his gut, a ...

18-year-old Indian grandmaster D Gukesh fought extremely hard but couldn't overcome defending champion Ding Liren in game 13 of the World Chess Championship. The draw leaves the score tied at 6.5-6.5 ...

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