Magnus Carlsen scored his fifth World Rapid and World Blitz double at Doha, Qatar, last week, after recovering from a triple ...

Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the ...

With the holidays upon us: what do you gift to the person who seemingly: a) has everything, b) wants for nothing, or c) is ...

Marc Olsen was just 18 when he started winning money at backgammon. Sitting at his computer in Copenhagen in 2004, he would ...

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik has filed a lawsuit against the world chess federation (FIDE) in a Swiss civil court ...

Wrong. Because part of the Soviet school of chess lives on through the genius of Magnus Carlsen, who won his ninth World ...

American grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky’s death exposed an online culture at odds with the game’s staid reputation.

The College Football Playoff quarterfinals feature four marquee matchups staged at four of the sport's most iconic bowl games ...

A cerebral palsy player competed in a Chinese chess competition while wearing a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) ...

In August of 1972, Bobby Fischer became the first (and to this day, only) American to win the World Chess Championship.

Garry Kasparov’s battle against Deep Blue is painted not just as a pivotal, but as a harbinger of the looming computer age.

The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2025 concluded in Mumbai, showcasing India's growing ambition in exporting sports ...