The Millennium is a behemoth with great fundamentals, but it benefits from some judicious configuring before you buy.

In the basement of the Rhinelander library, beginners and experienced players alike come together to enjoy a game they love — ...

CVC has agreed to invest in Chess.com, an online chess platform. No financial terms were disclosed. Chess.com’s existing ...

Playing chess can be challenging, fun, and at times frustrating. Garry Kasparov called the game “mental torture.” With virtually limitless possibilities, chess offers unparalleled depth, and you could ...

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay honoured chess star R. Praggnanandhaa on Monday after his historic victory at the Norway Chess tournament, presenting him with a cash award of Rs ...

Chess spread quickly through feudal Europe, far from its roots in sixth-century India. Here’s how the game of strategy kept the elite entertained. This miniature from the Codex Manesse shows Margrave ...

They throw a mean “check” right hook. It’s April 18 and Max Medley is having an amateur sparring session at the inaugural Interclub chess boxing event at the iconic Gleason’s boxing gym in Dumbo, ...

I like playing chess, but more than just playing, I like the romanticism of it. In chess, you either grind your opponent down with calculated, positional play or you throw caution to the wind and ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... It’s been more than 50 years since an American was crowned the world champion of chess. The Chicago-born Bobby Fischer held the distinction ...

The modern era of cheating in chess began on a Thursday in July 1993, when a man with shoulder-length dreadlocks walked into the World Open tournament in Philadelphia and registered as John von ...

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2025, playing each other again three years after the scandal involving the pair Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ...

PARIS, April 6 (Reuters) - Magnus Carlsen's chess startup Take Take Take announced on Monday it was pushing into the play and learning markets ‌central to Chess.com's core business, despite commercial ...