T HE GRANDMASTER sits at the pinnacle of chess. The title evokes excellence and experience, a garland for someone who has ...

The Chinese Xiangqi Association has issued lifetime bans to top players Wang Tianyi and Wang Yuefei for match-fixing and ...

Neuroscientists at the University of Barcelona set about on a search for brain areas involved in chess-related tasks so that ...

Sally Rooney’s new novel is entitled Intermezzo — the old chess term for an unexpected move. The board game is a significant ...

Noland Arbaugh made the opening move of the Speed Chess Championship in Paris – a contentious competition in which the ...

Chess victor Magnus Carlsen, ranked the world’s best player, competes against rival Hans Niemann at the Chess.com Speed Chess ...

The silver medal at the Malta Olympiad aside, Khan’s most memorable exploits on the chessboard involved defeating Belgian ...

The effects of a brain tumor on someone’s knowledge and behavior can be dramatic — but so can the aftereffects of the surgery involved in treating this condition. If you remove part of someone’s brain ...

Feruell keeps his emotions in check during games, but he’s outspoken in poker forums when he sees something he doesn’t like.

Bill Walton had a similar obsession, but instead of golf, it was chess. As peculiar as it sounds, his Boston Celtics ...

Richard Powers' latest novel brims with love for humanity and the planet. He makes clear that while humans have made this ...

SINGAPORE – In a first for the tournament, the International Chess Federation (Fide) and Singapore Chess Federation (SCF) on Sept 12 announced tech giant Google as the title sponsor of the World Chess ...