At the British Chess Championships, one game sees an age gap of 87 years amid a boom period for the game.

The lockdown, combined with the runaway success of Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, has seen a surge in the number of people playing chess online. Jemma Robinson asks what this means for traditional c ...

As the chess boom takes hold, getting official recognition as a sport will unlock funding, says the Irish Chess Union ...

At 12 years old, Dan Joelson beat his brother in a game of chess. At 17, he became the Wyoming state chess champion. After holding Wyoming’s top ranking for 40 years, Joelson was overtaken last year ...

A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City's Times Square to ...

Match-fixing has increased at an ‘extraordinary’ rate across the world, a select committee of the House of Lords has been told ...

Arkady Dvorkovich, the Russian president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), said on Friday he was suspending his activity with the organisation after being placed on the latest European ...

Travon Walker dealt with health issues during the 2025 season. He's back healthy and ready to take advantage of every rep ...

Detroit Tigers third baseman Colt Keith has taken steps as an improved defender as he's racked up MLB innings at the new position.

The US government is pushing $26B in African data center deals to counter China, with major implications for energy markets, ...

And so what took traditional sports centuries to build has taken esports a fraction of that. From local communities to sold ...