A Kickstarter campaign for an automated chess board was suspended Monday morning after multiple high-profile online chess communities called the product a hoax. Writers for Chess.com, Chess24.com, and ...

Hans Niemann is one of the top-ranked chess players in the world and has, for the past two weeks, been at the center of an ever-widening scandal involving accusations of cheating at the game’s highest ...

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen, seen here competing in 2021, has accused 19-year-old Hans Niemann of cheating in recent games. Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images Last week, Magnus Carlsen, the ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...

Nodirbek Abdusattorov returns to defend his title against a field mixing established stars, rising talents and British ...

The World Amateur Chess Championships are due to take place in Malaysia next month despite entry restrictions on Israeli citizens that appear to conflict with FIDE's own commitment to equal access.

You’d never die wondering what a site called Chess.com has to offer. The site claims over 275m members—including your forlorn, terribly-ranked correspondent—and is widely considered the internet’s ...