A new book by Jordan Himelfarb follows the game’s rising young players, including the reigning world champion Gukesh ...

In 2024, Vaishali and Praggnanandhaa became the first brother-sister duo to play in the Candidates Tournament.

T his is how the story of a great chess grandmaster usually begins. A parent or teacher discovers an exceptional mind: a ...

A three-time National Chess Champion breaks down what playing chess against LLMs can teach us.

China's chess grandmaster Wei Yi finished fourth in his debut at the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament, an achievement that ...

In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using ...

Joint-leader R Vaishali (7 points) needs to beat last edition’s winner Tan Zhongyi in the 13th and penultimate round on Tuesday, with black pieces, to.

Magnus Carlsen claimed the Chess.com Open title after defeating Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a Grand Final reset, delivering a ...

In the Netflix film, Magnus Carlsen does not say sorry for accusing Hans Niemann of cheating without any evidence ...

Indian chess prodigy Nihal Sarin brushed off an online opponent’s rude gesture earlier this year, focusing instead on his game. Since then, he has surged in form, reaching a career-high rating of 2723 ...

Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess, author Ben Mezrich explores every angle of the match where Niemann improbably beat Carlsen, leading Carlsen to imply that Niemann had ...

The Uzbek 20-year-old won first prize unbeaten but his girlfriend, Bibisara Assaubayeva, finished second to the lowest seed in the Women’s Candidates ...