The world governing body is preparing to relax classical chess time controls after a General Assembly vote, but disagreements ...

Hikaru Nakamura becomes the first player to reach a 3500 blitz rating on Chess.com, opening a 100-point gap over Magnus ...

A normal chess game gets a hidden twist - one ordinary-looking pawn secretly has the powers of a queen. The only way to ...

Magnus Carlsen suffers a shock defeat to chess influencer Witty Alien after a costly blunder. Find out how the Bulgarian ...

An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad.

Israeli chess players are unable to participate in an upcoming international amateur tournament in Malaysia because of the country’s restrictions on Israeli citizens, according to a report published ...

In 2023, two San Diegans who had never met found each other on Reddit because they wanted more people to play chess with. A ...

Kenya’s Department for Correctional Services has introduced chess across the country’s prisons since 2024, in one of the most ...