Elite chess players are abandoning engine-approved strategies in favor of wild, hard-to-predict moves designed to break ...

The weight of the world title can break even the strongest of players. For 19-year-old D. Gukesh, the pressure recently ...

U.S. grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has criticised the International Chess Federation (FIDE) over what he described as excessive ...

World No. 5 Koneru Humpy has waited 15 years for another crack at the Women's World Chess Championship. A war-shadowed Cyprus may deny her that chance before she plays a single move.

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Gukesh Dommaraju has witnessed a decline in his performance over the past year. However, he still enjoys strong support ...

At the age of 3 years, 7 months and 20 days, a kindergartner from India has become the youngest chess player to earn an official rating from the sport’s international governing body. Sarwagya Singh ...

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team look at why sportspeople like Erling Haaland, Victor Wembanyama and Eberechi Eze are all ...

PARIS, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Another world chess title will be up for grabs next month after the launch of the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, expanding the sport’s growing elite ...

Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, becomes England’s top female chess player with 2366 FIDE rating, breaking into world’s top 100 women ...