Freestyle chess is now popular because of the abundance of knowledge about the standard starting position. It randomizes the opening and side-steps memorization by shuffling the pieces on the back ...

On​ the morning of 18 April 2023, the chess grandmaster Ding Liren was discussing tactics with his coach. He was ...

is bored of chess. Carlsen has spent much of the past year appearing to dismiss the game he has mastered: It was no longer exciting to play, he told a podcast in March. In December, he withdrew ...

Magnus Carlsen managed to edge past Arjun Erigaisi and enter the Grand Final of the ongoing 2025 Chessable Masters.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen has reached the Grand Final of the 2025 Chessable Masters after defeating Arjun Erigaisi and ...

The Middle Easterners also came up with ‘shah-mat’ to indicate that the king’s defeat was imminent, which led to westerners ...

MENSAHHaving attained the CEO status, Theorhema sat behind his desk and began to stare at the strategically positioned ...

Judit Polgar agreed with D Gukesh's chief trainer's observation that Chess960 is ‘completely different’ from the standard variant.

But I feel happy because I can play with the top players. Q. Since Norway Chess is another long-format, 10-game tournament, how do you plan to prepare for it? I think maybe it’s more important ...

It is hard to watch this latest apparent push for peace talks over Ukraine and not see where lessons can be learned from what ...