It is autumn in earnest, Keats’ “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” and a columnist’s fancy naturally turns to thoughts of positional chess. It’s no secret most chess players are attracted to ...

In the intellectually grueling game of competitive chess, Annie Wang,16, the top U.S. women’s player in her age group, has a style of play that is both aggressive and tactical. She sets the tone of a ...

Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is in pole position to win the Polgar Challenge as the online chess event enters its final day. The 15-year-old from Chennai won three in a row before being ...

During a recent live stream, World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen took over a chess game during Asbjørn “Assios” Steinskog's live stream. The Norwegian grandmaster was visibly drunk, and took over the ...

The cerebral, staid world of chess has been shaken by the newly-unveiled 2018 World Chess Championship logo. The image, which shows two chequered bodies wrapped around each other with a chess board ...

July 20 has been observed as International Chess Day by the players around the world since 1966. On this day, International Chess Federation (FIDE) was established in Paris 99 years ago in 1924. It is ...

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, a former World Junior Champion and popular chess influencer, has died, the Charlotte Chess Center announced Monday. He was 29. “Daniel was a talented chess player, ...