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Chess.com now boasts 190 million users worldwide, up from 51 million in January 2020. The world’s biggest chess platform told NBC News that 1 in 10 Americans have an account.

Chess: Divya Deshmukh up against Koneru Humpy in FIDE Women's World Cup final. The World University Games continue in ...

In chess, we normally start with a handshake, here you just wave,” said Igor Khmelnitsky, an international chess master.

Losing a game of chess is never fun; however, setting aflame a custom wax king piece when checkmated is losing with style. Make A Move LA is a nonprofit based in Los Angeles that uses the game of ...

With Indian sport being as action-packed as it is, it's quite easy to miss out on important news and results. That's where we ...

House Chess Competition for students of classes III to V. In the girls category, Gandhi House won first place, led by ...

Some in the chess world feared the game’s growth would not continue, but so far it has. In late 2021, the NBC Sports Network devoted an hour of daily programming to the World Chess Championship.

Christopher Yoo—a 17-year-old chess grandmaster—was taken into custody and banned from the U.S. Chess Championship after hitting a videographer following his loss to fellow player Fabiano Caruana.

Tunde Onakoya, 29, of Lagos, is making moves to beat the current Guinness World Record for “longest chess marathon” at 56 hours, 9 minutes with help from a rotating cast of competitors.