With multiple women coming forward about their disturbing experiences in the chess world, including accusations of sexual misconduct by a grandmaster, the historic game is having its own #MeToo moment ...

Last November, in round eight of the Arab Women’s Chess Championship, Abu Dhabi-raised chess player Rouda Alserkal had a realization. If she won the match, she’d earn enough points to be named a Woman ...

Nicholas Chrysanthou meets his opponent, Women's Grand Master Carla Heredia, with his fiancee, Sasha Hok, behind him at the start of the afternoon round of matches at the 79th Annual Southwest Chess ...

The International Chess Federation, also known by its French acronym, FIDE, announced that transgender women will be barred from competing in women’s events until the time a proper assessment of ...

Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton. “Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to women that is awarded by ...

MURRAY — At the end of her middle school years in India, Jayashree Sekar realized she had to stop playing chess to focus on her studies. It was not an easy decision to make. Sekar enjoyed playing ...

In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin was in London making a last attempt to avoid war. A certain Lady Caroline Howe invited Franklin to her home to play a friendly chess game, “fancying she could beat ...

Nona Gaprindashvili not only played but thrashed many male players. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Last year saw the Netflix ...

The world of competitive chess had a controversial 2022, and another scandal rose last week at a female tournament in Kenya. Stanley Omondi participated in the Kenya Open Chess Championship dressed as ...