It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...
Back in February, the all-time chess great Magnus Carlsen appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to talk about his love of the game—as well as the high-pitched moments of chess-world drama, like his ...
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 ...
Magnus Carlsen sent a stinging reminder to his detractors and competitors after winning a ninth World Blitz title, ...
The FIDE Women's Chess World Cup is among the most grueling of tournaments. It goes on for nearly a month and features more than 100 players, prodigies to world champions, across age and nationalities ...
"I had my earphones on," Carlsen said, smiling, in a video interview with Newsweek Sports this week, "but from what I've heard from others, it was definitely a good atmosphere." Here's what did ...
Varun Turaga, 7, is preparing to compete in the world chess championship in 2026. Varun is listed as the second-best player in the U.S. for his age group, according to the US Chess Federation, and is ...
Chess's international governing body said Wednesday it's considering disciplinary action against a Russian former world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel ...