Magnus Carlsen is betting that his Freestyle Chess tournament can lure new fans to the game, while engaging the hardcore enthusiasts.

Dr. Bei Zeng was a chess champion in China until a supercomputer’s victory over the world’s best player put her on a path to the forefront of quantum computing as a physics professor at The ...

Magnus Carlsen hated homework and blossomed when he no longer had to go to school. Today, he plays chess according to a new ...

The 24-year-old also became the first local to cross the 2,600 mark in Elo rating. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

Some of the biggest names in Chess are coming to Esports Stadium Arlington this fall. Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Arjun ...

one of the best players of the 20th century, in the 1955-56 Hastings International Chess Congress, then one of the top tournaments in the world, held in Hastings, England. Image Mr. Olafsson in 1976.

Earlier this year, it was announced that chess would be included in the event, with the best players in the world competing for a $1.5 million prize pool – playing a new format which is deemed ...