The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.

A white SUV stopped at the end of South Wall Street and turned left onto western Greenkill — but not all the way left onto Boulevard Court — making a giant loop through the intersection that ...

R Vaishali won a bronze medal at the FIDE Blitz Championship in New York. Image: X / @FIDE_chess Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali won bronze medal in the women’s section of the 2024 World Blitz Chess ...

India's R Vaishali secured a bronze medal in the women's section of the World Blitz Championship. This achievement follows Koneru Humpy's victory in the rapid event, highlighting India's strong chess ...

A Welshpool man has been given the British Empire medal for his work using chess to help young people over 40 years. Steve Rigby, has been given the award as part of this year’s New Years honours list ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of the jeans he was wearing, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE ...

Chess great Magnus Carlsen has quit the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after governing body FIDE barred him from participating in a round at the tournament for wearing jeans.

The World Championship of the shorter versions of chess, it features the best players in the world, bar the recently-crowned champion in classical chess - Dommaraju D Gukesh. But there's plenty of ...

Hot on the heels of the FIDE World Championship that saw Dommaraju Gukesh crowned (classical) chess champion of the world comes FIDE's World Championship for the two faster versions of the sport ...

India's ace shooter Manu Bhaker, who made history in the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning two bronze medals, is heartbroken over the Khel Ratna snub. Manu claims that she had submitted her name in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Magnus Carlsen has a vision to transform the ancient game of chess. The grandmaster, a contender to be the ...