The Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on Saturday opened the Royal Rapid Chess Classic 2026 with a ...

“It cannot be considered a true World Championship if representatives from Israel are barred from participating," said ...

Magnus Carlsen tops a proposed new world chess ranking system combining classical, rapid and blitz formats, while reigning ...

As the new school year begins, Portland-based Success Tutoring is helping kids build confidence, critical thinking, and ...

Total Chess has unveiled a new universal rating system, with Magnus Carlsen at number-one. But nearly a decade after the Grand Chess Tour tried something remarkably similar, can this attempt succeed?

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

Thanks to the pandemic and hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, interest in virtual chess has spiked. More Americans now play chess than tennis and golf combined, and most of that is online. In the ...

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

Mitra Hejazipour: "Mehsa Amini's death was the beginning of the end of this regime. We know that during these years, many ...

Unlike normal chess, in Really Bad Chess the piece allocations are randomized and not mirrored. Each day everyone on Puzzmo plays with the same piece configuration. Try to get a checkmate in the least ...

Chess has always been a part of Henry Lien’s life. He’s played it since he was 5 years old or so, his tiny hands just big enough to hold the pieces. He grew up in a part of the Bay Area, Marin, which ...