The withdrawal of reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen from the Sinquefield Cup pro tournament in St. Louis, Missouri this month sent shockwaves of suspicion and paranoia through the chess ...

That game remains the longest in World Championship history, a brutal 7-hour and 45-minute saga that spanned 136 moves. Under ...

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players enjoy Magnus Carlsen's celebrity status. A grand master at 13, refusing to play an American dogged by allegations of cheating, and venturing into the world ...

Chess has been around for a very long time and is considered one of the ultimate competitive games, pitting two people against each other in a strategic battle that is near impossible to perfect. At ...

Chess Federation Fines Player Over Her ‘Sports Shoes’ The Dutch chess player, who received an official warning, said she did not intend to violate the dress code when she wore her canvas Burberry ...

In the early afternoon of February 1st, the American chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was live-streaming to some of his 1.4 million Twitch followers, deciding how to approach his next online game: ...

Levy Rozman answers the internet's burning questions about the game of chess. What's the best opening? How do you become a grandmaster? Was the Queen's Gambit an accurate show? What's the worst move ...