In reality and in the novel that was the series’ source material, Gaprindashvili faced male opponents in chess matches during her career, including three world champions (grandmasters Mikhail Tal ...

Ethan Pang, the nine-year-old London schoolboy who has already set several age records and is the world’s top under-10 player ...

Mikhail Tal was the 8th Chess World Champion. The Soviet Grandmaster is widely regarded as a creative genius and one of the best attacking players in the world. Nihal Sarin has become India's 53rd ...

By Victor Mather A top chess player was expelled from an event in Spain this week after being accused of cheating by using a phone during bathroom breaks between moves. The player, Kirill ...

The rest is history. Anish Sarkar has become the youngest-ever rated player across the world at the age of three years and eight months. In chess, a player gets rated by the world federation (FIDE ...

“The whole country got obsessed,” Snare recalls, sipping a craft beer at a chess-themed bar in Oslo called the Good Knight. The bar, where patrons gather to play and watch ...

which he says is not just another chess app. Rather than offering users a chance to play, it provides daily tournament recap videos and analyses player performance during major tournaments.

A Romanian chess grandmaster was expelled from a national-level competition after being accused of using a mobile device during play, organizers announced on Monday. Kirill Shevchenko, currently ...