In a rare double unlikely to be replicated, the new world chess champion is an 18-year-old grandmaster from the Indian city ...

“If he continues to love chess the way he does now ... the Bengal State U-9 meet Dibyendu Barua gingerly drags his white bishop diagonally and places it five squares away from the black king.

Knights, bishops and queens fought to take down the king in a brain battle at Campus Recreation’s Friendly Chess Tournament ...

Indian Grandmasters R Praggnanandhaa and Aravindh Chithambaram came out as joint-leaders after the end of Round 4.

Spassky was nearly as brilliant. His was a household name among those who who grew up playing chess. It was a game that ...

His 1972 match against American Bobby Fischer is considered one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well ...

On 23 February, the Cyprus Open Chess Championship ended in Nicosia. It was attended by 90 players, 52 of whom were juniors. Chess is becoming more and more popular in Cyprus and its national team is ...

The first LEGO chess set was part of the Knight's Kingdom, an expansion of the LEGO Castle brand. It featured two Armies: the Shadow Knights, led by evil sorcerer Vladek, and the Kingdom of Morcia, ...

His bishop took Mr. Spassky’s pawn ... “To Spassky, it was a matter of honor,” noted a World Chess Hall of Fame remembrance of the showdown in Iceland. “As world champion, he owed his ...

Chess is the best workout for your brain ... “Attacked a knight and a bishop”. “I mean, he went after the minor pieces. And now we’re back to basketball. It turns out that instead of ...

George R.R. Martin and Robert Redford sat in a New Mexico jail cell last night playing a game of chess. The “Game of Thrones” ...

In the sixth round of Prague Chess Masters 2025, R Praggnanandhaa was held to a draw by Sam Shankland, while Aravindh ...