Every so often a chess piece is moved from one square to another, a hand strikes a clock and the action is recorded in a ...

By Bart Meijer AMSTERDAM, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Dutch chess grandmaster Jan Timman, known as "the best of the West" in a time when chess was dominated by players from the Soviet Union, has died at the ...

It could be the unpredictability of the starts in Chess 960, or just the fact that Carlsen needed to stamp his territory in a ...

Danny Rensch is at the vanguard of chess. He, alongside a few others, has helped to develop the sport from one which was played by the elites to a phenomenon that has exploded in recent years, ...

The chess prodigy's rise to stardom unfolds in director Rory Kennedy's new film 'Queen of Chess' ...

Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday. He was 29. The Charlotte Chess Center in ...

Although I played chess as a child, my recent appointment as the COO of a franchised chess league has helped me experience the pastime through a completely new lens. This experience has helped me draw ...

A new documentary highlights the achievements of Judit Polgár, the greatest woman chess player ...

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died at age 29, The Charlotte Chess Center (N.C.) and his family announced in a statement on Monday. The cause of death is not yet public and the statement said the ...

Under the slogan 'I Chose Sport,' the Qatar Chess Association (QCA) organized a comprehensive series of activities and events to celebrate the country’s Na ...

Clarke isn’t the only local player who’s bullish on chess. National Absolute Chess Champion for 2026 Shreyas Smith has dedicated at least an hour a day to the sport and it’s certainly paid off in his ...