The top U.S. chess player discusses his YouTube channel, how he would change the game and why he doesn't want his son to pursue it ...

After 9 draws in 13 games, Gukesh capitalised on an error by Ding and won the final game of the 14-game contest to be crowned champion.

Freestyle Chess, also known as Chess960 or FIDE Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant where the pieces start in a semi-random position, which means players cannot memorise openings and must decide ...

Carlsen admitted that he knew the third game was over, and that defeat was inevitable, but kept fighting regardless. It ...

After a low-key 2025 with few high-ticket events, 2026 will kick off a storm into the next Olympic cycle, as India's best ...

It could be the unpredictability of the starts in Chess 960, or just the fact that Carlsen needed to stamp his territory in a ...

The format of the Chess World Cup is brutal. Be it a 2600 GM or a 2800 GM, they all have to be careful. Two games in each round, one loss, and they could be eliminated. In Panaji, what one witnessed ...

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Norway's Magnus Carlsen added another crown to his collection on Sunday by becoming the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess world champion after a comeback win over Fabiano Caruana ...

Zhou Jianchao has recorded the longest unbeaten streak in Classical chess, but his achievement still pales in comparison to ...

A couple of years ago, a kind man taught me to play chess, a redo of the very early attempt by my father to teach me when I ...

In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue faced off against Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess mind on Earth — and changed history.