A new book by Jordan Himelfarb follows the game’s rising young players, including the reigning world champion Gukesh ...

In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician ...

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 ...

A three-time National Chess Champion breaks down what playing chess against LLMs can teach us.

Friendship has never looked this elegant. Episode 28 of Dr. Stone was a total vibe.

Joint-leader R Vaishali (7 points) needs to beat last edition’s winner Tan Zhongyi in the 13th and penultimate round on ...

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 ...

China's chess grandmaster Wei Yi finished fourth in his debut at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, an achievement that ...

With winter semester coming to an end, students across the Brigham Young University campus took time to reflect on what this ...

Stage one of the Australian Securities Exchange's $125 million CHESS project has gone live, years after a botched attempt to replace it with blockchain tech.

IT’S long been seen as the bastion of geeks and brainiacs but the world of chess has had its fair share of shocking scandals.