General Assembly on Dec. 14 allowed teams from Russia and Belarus to participate in international tournaments and permitted ...

Robert Byrne Chess column says player who made greatest leap forward in first quarter of 1998 is Alexei Shirov, 25-year-old Latvian grandmaster who moved to Spain; Shirov vaulted to fourth place in ...

A 10-year-old British girl is full of shocking moves, landing her a spot at the top of the chess world in a historic turn of events this week. Bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest female player to ...

International Chess Day is celebrated globally on June 20 every year to mark the founding of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in 1924. Chess is not just a board game, but symbolises strategic ...

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

In a world filled with sketchy stratagems and bad moves in every direction, the grandmasters of chess stand apart. There are fewer than 2,000 grandmasters worldwide. They play the “royal game” at the ...

Checkmate, the Media Chess Club, welcomed a grandmaster chess champion on Tuesday night. Three-time U.S. Champion International Grandmaster Larry Christiansen visited Christiansen the group for an ...

And Magnus Carlsen is "thrilled" to be on board. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Esports World Cup (EWC) has announced a ...