The world’s top-ranked chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has drawn an unprecedented game where he played against more than 143,000 players from around the world. The event set a new record for someone ...

American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky's death has sent shock waves through the professional chess world, with many top players blasting a Russian rival who accused him of cheating during online ...

Along with other intriguing portraits I’ve enjoyed, like Paul Duane’s Barbaric Genius and Liz Garbus’s Bobby Fischer Against ...

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died at the age of 29. NPR's A Martinez talks with reporter David Cox about the impact Naroditsky had on the chess world. Daniel Naroditsky earned the title of ...

A grandmaster is gone. Chess must confront the culture that failed him.

Reigning World Chess champion D Gukesh was left devastated after his shocking title defeat to his compatriot R Praggnanandhaa ...

Omid Khaledi recently reached the rank of FIDE master with the International Chess Federation, or FIDE, which is just two ...

Young chess master Alice Lee, of North Oaks, has taken home her second Women’s American Cup championship after competing last week in St. Louis. The 2025 tournament, organized by the St. Louis Chess ...

To become the world's youngest rated player, Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha beat multiple players in their 20s.

Already the highest-rated player in the state, Benson Schexnaydre took the Mississippi Chess Championship title for the sixth ...

TheFIDE 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.

Over a rollup chess mat on a Franklin Park picnic table, Loren Schmidt brightens while speaking about the Alekhine's Defence, one of his favorite openings. Schmidt, a Heritage University professor and ...