Chess, like most discernible parts of human society, saw its usage affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, in this ...

This year’s chess tournament included players in grades eight through 12 from schools throughout South Dakota. Participants ...

"It's still got a special place, the World Championship," GM David Howell, now a commentator for the World Championship on ...

Ding Liren appeared emotionally and physically exhausted after winning the Chess World Championship last year. He sees ...

breaking Bobby Fischer’s record at the time. She was also the youngest player ever to break into The International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) top 100 players list at the age of 12; and most ...

Ever since my Uncle Jerry used to annihilate me when I was 9 years old, I realized that in chess the person with the longest memory usually wins. So I stopped playing it. The only ...

Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world chess champion, fulfilling a life-long dream—one he has manifested when he was ...

Gukesh D surpassed Garry Kasparov of Russia to become the youngest-ever winner of the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2024.

Austrian-American Wilhelm Steinitz was the first Chess World Champion, holding the title from 1886 to 1894 with four ...

Thursday’s final game, which saw D. Gukesh beating Ding Liren and to become the youngest World champion in history at the age ...

Its first edition was held 138 years ago but, in that time, just 17 players have become world champion. “Chess demands total concentration,” Bobby Fischer, the only American ever to hold the ...