The Norwegian, 35, overcame elite fields despite time forfeits after knocking over pieces in critical games The world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, recovered from a series of mishaps to win both the World ...

NEW DELHI: World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen was involved in another dramatic incident at the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 in Doha, where he lost his Round 14 game by forfeit after knocking over ...

The Diving Chess World Championships has taken place in Groningen, Netherlands, with players using weighted pieces and magnetic boards. Competitors must also complete each move in a single breath ...

You may have only recently heard about Demis Hassabis. He’s been named one of Time magazine’s “AI architects,” won a Nobel Prize for using the technology to predict protein folding and runs Google’s ...

At the age of 3 years, 7 months and 20 days, a kindergartner from India has become the youngest chess player to earn an official rating from the sport’s international governing body. Sarwagya Singh ...

In those intervening decades, the score of “Chess,” written by the ABBA songwriting duo of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and featuring tunes “I Know Him So Well,” “Nobody’s Side,” “Anthem” and the ...

With music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the 1988 show revolves around rival American and Soviet chess wizards and the woman caught between them. By Richard Lawson On the digital ...

Chess matches can be agonizingly long, lasting for numerous hours at the professional level. So maybe it’s perversely apt that the Broadway revival of the musical “Chess” should feel eye-glazingly ...

The International Chess Federation filed the complaint against Vladimir Kramnik, a former world champion who had insinuated that Daniel Naroditsky cheated. By Michael Levenson The global governing ...

Naroditsky died suddenly at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Charlotte Chess Center, where Naroditsky was a beloved figure and instructor, announced his death on October 20. "It is with ...