The chess world is about to converge on an island off the coast of Singapore with the express goal of crowning a world champion. For the two grandmasters involved, it will be the culmination of ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

Zoey Tang started playing chess at age 7 in a local library. Now, at just 16, she’s No. 1 in the U.S. and ready to be named a ...

D Gukesh has admitted that handling the success of winning the World Chess Championship has been difficult, but he has stayed ...

Here's what you need to know about Magnus Carlsen - he's a 23-year-old Grandmaster of chess from Norway, currently ranked no. 1 in the world. The chess world make use of the Elo rating system to ...

C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

Picture: X Denim, FIDE said, is “explicitly prohibited under longstanding regulations for this event” and promptly fined Carlsen, one of the greatest chess players of all time, $200 for his ...

The India No. 1 showed great composure to secure a draw that seemed improbable in round six of Tata Steel Masters.

The 16-year-old discovered chess through a best friend who introduced her to ... “I’m a very top player in terms of girls’ chess, but I wouldn’t call myself a prodigy,” Tang said.