Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...

Over a rollup chess mat on a Franklin Park picnic table, Loren Schmidt brightens while speaking about the Alekhine's Defence, one of his favorite openings. Schmidt, a Heritage University professor and ...

A Dutch grandmaster has stepped forward with a critical warning for Magnus Carlsen, urging the chess titan to avoid undermining the Grenke Freestyle Chess Open. Carlsen, currently unstoppable in his ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - More than 100 chess players are putting their skills to the test at the Oneida Hotel and Conference Center for a decade-long chess competition. Day one of the 48th annual ...

Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the ...

By playing Open tournaments, which also comprise male players, Divya Deshmukh, the FIDE Women's World Cup winner, is looking ...