As far as chess tournaments go, the Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open are not what you would describe as big-time events. The highest-ranked players from either event last year didn't even ...

Viswanathan Anand, the five-time world champion, discusses his new book for young chess players, 'Lightning Kid', and his ...

The death of Daniel Naroditsky exposed the conflicts between the game’s traditional wing and its many online stars.

D Gukesh played a major blunder to instantly lose his sixth round game of Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026 to Nodirbek ...

India on Thursday hailed chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju after the 18-year-old became the youngest world champion with a thrilling final win over China's Ding Liren. Gukesh surpassed a record held by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Russia's Vladimir Kramnik meets the media during a news conference after the 10th game of the Chess World Championship in ...

Chess’s biggest event starts next week. The reigning champion, Ding Liren, is seen as an underdog compared to an 18-year-old competitor. By Dylan Loeb McClain Never has a chess world championship ...

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 ...

Three slots to the Philippine women’s team seeing action in this September’s 46th World Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan will be up for grabs when ...