A new book by Jordan Himelfarb follows the game’s rising young players, including the reigning world champion Gukesh ...
If a fervent chess player seeking a challenging game partner doesn’t happen to live in a major city such as St. Louis, ...
The journey from the Von Neumann to the Niemann affair has much to teach us about the changed landscape of the sport ...
T his is how the story of a great chess grandmaster usually begins. A parent or teacher discovers an exceptional mind: a ...
In 2024, Vaishali and Praggnanandhaa became the first brother-sister duo to play in the Candidates Tournament.
A three-time National Chess Champion breaks down what playing chess against LLMs can teach us.
A new chess club in Merrill is helping players learn the ropes, and for some, the game is more than it appears.
Why India's chess prodigies carry an ancient ritual into the world's most cerebral arena, and what it's doing to their game.
In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using ...
Joint-leader R Vaishali (7 points) needs to beat last edition’s winner Tan Zhongyi in the 13th and penultimate round on Tuesday, with black pieces, to.
The Uzbek 20-year-old won first prize unbeaten but his girlfriend, Bibisara Assaubayeva, finished second to the lowest seed in the Women’s Candidates ...
China's chess grandmaster Wei Yi finished fourth in his debut at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, an achievement that reflects China's steady presence among the world's elite. The Candidates ...