FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry ...

Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

A game of chess requires its players to think several moves ahead, a skill that computer programs have mastered over the ...

Find previous discussions in the Open Thread archive. Excepting the entreaty that you remain on topic, all of Slate’s usual ...

World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game to IBM-developed supercomputer Deep Blue. This defining moment in ...

The 14th game also became iconic due to Gukesh’s reaction, when he spotted Liren’s blunder at the end-game. It was of pure ...

His Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour has relented against FIDE for now, but the bitterness between both camps is palpable ...

Karatekin also refers back to MIT many times, including referencing Rybka or “little fish” system developed by an MIT alumnus ...

As the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 heads into its final round, all eyes are on Indian prodigies D Gukesh a ...

From clubs to tournaments, classes to casual play, you can find chess games for any level of skill around Kansas City. This story was first published in KCUR's Adventure newsletter. You can sign ...

“‘I am bigger than FIDE’ concept didn’t work even for (Bobby) Fischer and (Garry) Kasparov,” Sutovsky posted on X on Tuesday. “When one sees public rhetoric coming from Freestyle Chess leaders, it ...

Gukesh delivered a technically brilliant performance to defeat Germany’s Vincent Keymer, taking his score to 3.5 points at the end of the fifth round of the Tata Steel Chess tournament ... complete ...