Female chess team 'must include a male player'

The She Plays to Win Lionesses have won promotion to the top division of the Four Nations Chess League An all-female chess team faces having to replace one of its players with a male team member, ...

Bill Goichberg, Who Reshaped Competitive Chess in the U.S., Dies at 83

Over a six-decade career, he drastically expanded chess through the tournaments he started, especially the competitions for ...

Whole lotta shock as Led Zep star plays teen at chess

Junior under-18 competitor George Walker took on Robert Plant at chess, with Luke Barton, Simon Berry and Nigel Towers ...

As chess thrives, young and old are doing battle on the board

A mix of boredom during the Covid lockdowns, the rise of online chess platforms and the popularity of the Netflix series The ...
Cowboys Wire

Here's what Cowboys former 5th-round pick must do to earn game snaps

If Jaydon Blue wants to lay claim to the RB2 spot on the Cowboys in 2026 he better be trustworthy in this one important area ...
Rutland Herald

Celebrating Excellence: Chess Greats to Join the 2026 U.S. and World Chess Halls of Fame in Saint Louis

The World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries (WCHOF) today announced the 2026 U.S. and World Chess Hall of Fame inductees. Members of both Halls of Fame are chosen for their impact on the sport and ...

Is online gaming ruining chess? Players say it’s not quite as black and white as that

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 ...

Sindhu reaches Japan Open final, Mumbai City appoint Manolo Marquez, Gukesh draws, Arjun wins at Chennai GM: Indian Sports, July 18

Indian sports can get quite action-packed and it's quite easy to miss out on important news and results. That's where we come in -- ESPN's daily Indian sports blog has all the updates from the world ...
The New York Times

Duchamp Gave Up Art for Chess. At MoMA, He Inspires a New Gambit.

Susan Polgar, a chess grandmaster, will be playing 50 artists, critics and fans of Marcel Duchamp at the same time, in honor of his birthday, July 28. By Deborah Solomon See more of our coverage in ...

‘I’ll play until the day I die’: Wyoming chess champion Dan Joelson still chases his next move

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 ...