The world governing body is preparing to relax classical chess time controls after a General Assembly vote, but disagreements ...

Nodirbek Abdusattorov returns to defend his title against a field mixing established stars, rising talents and British ...

Hans Niemann will return to Israel four years after his explosive clash with Magnus Carlsen, joining fellow American ...

D Gukesh begins his World Chess Championship title defence against Javokhir Sindarov in Geneva on November 24. The high-profile fixture features 14 classical games, with tiebreaks scheduled for ...

Magnus Carlsen suffers a shock defeat to chess influencer Witty Alien after a costly blunder. Find out how the Bulgarian ...

July 21 (Reuters) - World number one Magnus Carlsen will compete in November's pilot event of the FIDE-approved Total Chess World Championship Tour, organisers said on Tuesday. The November 10-21 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has made history by becoming the ...

LONDON, Sept. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Every sport runs on infrastructure nobody sees: ratings, titles, broadcast rights, the rulebook. World Chess (LSE: CHSS) has spent a decade building chess’s ...

The chess world is about to converge on an island off the coast of Singapore with the express goal of crowning a world champion. For the two grandmasters involved, it will be the culmination of months ...

Hikaru Nakamura becomes the first player to reach a 3500 blitz rating on Chess.com, opening a 100-point gap over Magnus ...

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen, seen here competing in 2021, has accused 19-year-old Hans Niemann of cheating in recent games. Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images Last week, Magnus Carlsen, the ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...