The youngest ever global title holder has had a hard time this year, but hopes for better in May, when he meets Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess at Oslo, and in the autumn, when he defends his crown ...

Judit Polgár was the No.1 ranked woman chess player in the world for over 25 years—from the age of 13 in 1989 till 2014 when she retired. She also became the youngest chess grandmaster (GM) at the age ...

Widely regarded as the best woman chess player, Judit Polgár, retired from competition in 2014 just as the Tromso, Norway, Chess Olympiad came to a close. Now her life story, a documentary titled ...

A Dutchman, he was considered the best player outside the Soviet Union for two decades, although he described himself as “lazy” and was open about using alcohol and drugs early on.

The Queen's Gambit introduced an entire generation to the world of chess, but Netflix's new documentary Queen of Chess is arguably even better. When it released in 2020, The Queen's Gambit instantly ...

Ilia Malinin came up well short of adding another Olympic gold at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday, as a disastrous free skate performance saw him go from first to eighth place on the ...

It was the most heartbreaking to watch Ilia Malinin -- the favorite, by far, in the men's figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics -- struggle in the free skate in Milan. There were falls. There ...

It has been a historic few days for Kazakhstan men’s figure skater Mikhail Shaidorov, who entered Friday’s men’s free skate final simply hoping to medal. But after a remarkable performance — the best ...

Kazakhstan has crowned its first-ever Olympic champion in figure skating after Mikhail Shaidorov produced a stunning free skate to win gold at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic games on Friday.

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