The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of ...

Sportscategory· April 9, 2025 Chess-Niemann gone AWOL as Freestyle ... after being named in the women's team for September's Chess Olympiad, The Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Hans Niemann, the chess grandmaster at the heart of an alleged cheating scandal, has yet to provide an explanation on his ...

Gukesh, who is widely regarded as one of the brightest talents in the world of chess, expressed his enthusiasm for the sport's growing popularity and its potential future in the Olympics.

David Llada said he send an invoice to FIDE for using his photograph of World champion Ju Wenjun without permission.

Among the four Indian players who competed in Paris, Arjun was the best performer in the 12-player field. The other Indian players were Chess Olympiad gold medalist R Praggnanandhaa, who finished at ...

Arjun Erigaisi, the only Indian Grandmaster to qualify for the knockouts, will face Hikaru Nakamura in the quarter-finals of ...

Explaining why chess is not in the Olympics yet, Anand said, “There are multiple sports. I mean, they have different considerations to include a sport, but they get a lot of sports applying as well.

“When we go into a game, when we go into any ecosystem, we want to get into it and add value and help grow it,” Reichert tells CNN Sports. “And chess is already a thriving ecosystem – one ...