“They want to see Magnus Carlsen play chess. He’s the best player in the world and that’s that.” FIDE insisted that the rules were the rules and applied “equally to all players.

C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent ...

Zoey Tang started playing chess at age 7 in a local library. Now, at just 16, she’s No. 1 in the U.S. and ready to be named a ...

D Gukesh has admitted that handling the success of winning the World Chess Championship has been difficult, but he has stayed ...

If you look at the world rankings, which have Raducanu at No 61 and Swiatek No 2, you would expect this to be a straightforward result. But with Raducanu up to No 13 in the overall rankings and 19 in ...

Five-time World Chess champion, Magnus Carlsen has won the first-ever Freestyle Friday tournament on Chess.com. The Norwegian ...

Multi-time chess world champion and perhaps the most famous player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, has said that he believes the esports style presentation would help the pro chess scene.

The tournament includes the world’s top-rated player and former world champion in classical chess, Magnus Carlsen. As the top seed, Carlsen will aim to defend his titles in both the Rapid and ...

The world champion leads compatriot Praggnanandhaa and Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov on tie break criteria. Can he hold ...

India is expected to host the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 at the end of this year. The last premier international chess event hosted by India was back in 2022.

The 16-year-old discovered chess through a best friend who introduced ... as well as No. 2 in the world for her age. “I’m a very top player in terms of girls’ chess, but I wouldn’t call ...