The world of chess has been going through somewhat of an evolution in recent years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down ...

Derrick Rose is putting his love for chess on full display, hoping to inspire more people to value the game the way they do ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, 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 ...

Carlsen, slamming the other players, said it was “utterly ridiculous” that players were playing the “same setup that they've discussed for 10 minutes” before games.

Back in February, the all-time chess great Magnus Carlsen appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience to talk about his love of the game—as well as the high-pitched moments of chess-world drama, like ...

On one of the busiest streets in south Minneapolis, an extreme chess set up has people stopping on their walks.

The 17-year-old, described by people as an ace chess player, wanted others to enjoy the game on a much bigger scale, which led to the member of Scout Troop 71 based in Plano developing a huge ...

Reaching the status of chess grandmaster, the game’s highest title, is pretty rare. But not at Trumbull College, where two current Yale students share the honor. Mar 19, 2025 10 min read By Jim ...

MANILA, Philippines—Eugene Torre has left an indelible mark on the sport of chess not just in the Philippines, but also ...

With her, he expresses his love-hate relationship with chess without inhibition: I was playing really well for a while, I mean, really well. But I’m not able to play like that anymore. I don’t know ...

Well-executed starting moves in chess can tip a game’s outcome, and players often rely on tried-and-true openers. Those openers may not work well in Chess960, a chess variant that scrambles the ...

A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is forbidden. Even watching it — is forbidden." Why was the game banned?