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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.

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.

Sept. 25 (UPI) --A 10-year-old chess player from Malaysia broke a world record in the sport by setting up a chessboard in only 45.72 seconds while blindfolded.Guinness World Records announced ...

Tunde Onakoya, a chess champion, aims to break the global record for the longest chess marathon in New York City’s Times Square. Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise $1 million for children's education ...

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Onakoya broke the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon in April, 2024, surpassing the previous record set by Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018.

Chess News: Magnus Carlsen, after the first day of the SuperUnited Croatia Rapid & Blitz 2025, acknowledged Gukesh's improvement but stated he's yet to be truly i ...