The newest world chess champion is also the youngest ever to claim the title. Eighteen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated defending titleholder Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in ...

Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members. Of ...

A Nigerian man has set the Guinness World Record for "longest chess marathon" after playing for nearly five straight days. Tunde Onakoya, 29, began his 60-hour chess game in Times Square in New York ...

Picture this: It’s a Thursday night in Santa Monica, and you’re feeling good. You’re sitting across from a cute stranger, and the vibes are vibing. In a spacious warehouse-style space, which might ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On the second day of this year’s Grenke Chess Open, Europe’s largest ...

R Praggnanandhaa, who recently secured his spot in the Candidates tournament via the FIDE Circuit route, he’s happy that the ...

The Taliban has banned many things since seizing Afghanistan nearly four years ago. There's no music, no videos of living creatures on most Afghan TV stations - that sounds like radio. Mostly no women ...