The newest world chess champion is also the youngest ever to claim the title. Eighteen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated defending titleholder Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in ...

Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members. Of ...

A Nigerian man has set the Guinness World Record for "longest chess marathon" after playing for nearly five straight days. Tunde Onakoya, 29, began his 60-hour chess game in Times Square in New York ...

The FIDE Women's Chess World Cup is among the most grueling of tournaments. It goes on for nearly a month and features more than 100 players, prodigies to world champions, across age and nationalities ...

Picture this: It’s a Thursday night in Santa Monica, and you’re feeling good. You’re sitting across from a cute stranger, and the vibes are vibing. In a spacious warehouse-style space, which might ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On the second day of this year’s Grenke Chess Open, Europe’s largest ...

: An American chess superstar who died at age 29 was engaged in a bitter feud with a rival player who accused him of cheating — and one of his final opponents accused the rival of being responsible ...