Chess GM Hikaru Joins Team Falcons for Esports World Cup
Chess is seeing a massive influx of attention in the esports world, and a string of organizations are signing talented players ahead of the 2025 Esports World C ...
Judit Polgar agrees with D Gukesh’s trainer’s ‘different from standard’ explanation after winless Freestyle Chess run
Judit Polgar agreed with D Gukesh's chief trainer's observation that Chess960 is ‘completely different’ from the standard variant.
Chess Records, Muddy Waters and the birth of urban blues music
In 1964, the Rolling Stones took a break from their first American tour to record several songs at Chess Records at 2120 S.
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...
Billionaire Ratcliffe’s big sports bet misfires
Magnus Carlsen, the five-time World Chess Champion and arguably the greatest player in history, has brought his peers and ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...