Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess tournament can lure new fans to the game, while engaging the hardcore enthusiasts. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor Earlier this month, a handful of the ...

Indian-origin American chess Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra has opened up about not being able to pursue chess full-time in the ...

Last month, Olentangy Berlin middle school student Keya Jha did something no girl her age has ever done before in the United ...

Bodhana Sivanandan still needs a booster seat to see the chess board, but that has not stopped her from becoming one of the world’s best players. The fifth grader is now the youngest-ever female ...

Last year, my son joined the middle school chess club and began using me, a total novice, as his sparring partner. In chess, a player can choose from one of 20 opening moves, including moving a knight ...

A new study on chess players explored people's overconfidence in a domain with clear measures of performance and the ...

Ashok initially wanted to make a tennis player out of his daughter, but chess just took over after she defeated him at age 11 ...

The world’s No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially withdrawing as he refused to change out of a pair of jeans. The 34 ...

A video shows a Chinese man analysing his chess loss in the rain. Grandmaster Hans Niemann shared a similar experience. Anish ...

India's top ranked chess player R Praggnanandhaa posted a hilarious video of him playing jenga at home. Amidst a hectic ...

If you scrunch your eyes up just as an offensive line sets for a play, the outlines of the players look like chess pieces being moved around the board by some invisible hand. Some run in the straight ...