Chess has a long and traceable history that spans several cultures and centuries. The game began in ancient India, later ...

Chess has never been just a board game. It has always been a quiet reflection of the world around it. When societies changed, ...

Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the ...

Wrong. Because part of the Soviet school of chess lives on through the genius of Magnus Carlsen, who won his ninth World ...

In August of 1972, Bobby Fischer became the first (and to this day, only) American to win the World Chess Championship.

Garry Kasparov’s battle against Deep Blue is painted not just as a pivotal, but as a harbinger of the looming computer age.

The grandmaster's final moves are preserved in heartbreaking footage. It is distressing, raw and long, and depicts the ...

SINGAPORE – Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh achieved a historic milestone on December 12, becoming the youngest-ever world chess champion at the age of 18. He dethroned defending champion Ding Liren of ...

Can the humble game of chess benefit from an app and some AI smarts? The Particula GoChess Mini makes the classic game a little more modern. Is it the right move? It’s difficult to imagine that chess ...

A three-year-old boy from Madhya Pradesh, India, has made history by becoming the youngest chess player to earn an official FIDE rating. Born in 2022, Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha was rated 1572 in rapid ...

Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has earned a coveted spot in the Candidates 2026 tournament by triumphing in the FIDE Circuit 2025. His stellar year, marked by victories in major events, secures ...

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days. Born in 2022, Sarwagya — from Sagar in the ...