Chess, the game of strategy and intellect, has been a cornerstone of human competition for centuries. The apex of achievement ...

After the success achieved by the tournament in 2024, the International Chess Federation announced this week that the next ...

The 2025 edition of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships will be held in Doha, Qatar from 25 December to 31 December, the International Chess Federation announced on Thursday.

As Vassily (Billy Gunnion) prepares for his ordination into the Orthodox Church in the 1982 USSR, he is visited by a KGB agent that pressures him to out his roommate, who is suspected of being a ...

For once, everyone in the chess world appeared to agree with the controversial American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann. “The Chess world is officially a joke,” opined chess’s 21-year-old ...

Among the stars coming to town are joint top seeds Maxine Vachier-Lagrave and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, as well as legends like Brit Michael Adams and Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk. This year a chess ...