Although I played chess as a child, my recent appointment as the COO of a franchised chess league has helped me experience the pastime through a completely new lens. This experience has helped me draw ...

SINGAPORE: Is chess a sport? Or is it a game? The question of whether an activity qualifies as a sport is a long-standing debate among casual fans, serious athletes and sports administrators. The ...

In this series, The Straits Times takes a deep dive into the hottest sports topic or debate of the hour. From Lamine Yamal’s status as the next big thing to pickleball’s growth, we’ll ask The Big ...

Former World Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk opens up on India-Russia chess parallels, AI’s impact, and the challenges of ...

Danny Rensch is at the vanguard of chess. He, alongside a few others, has helped to develop the sport from one which was played by the elites to a phenomenon that has exploded in recent years, ...

Daniel Naroditsky, a 29-year-old standard-bearer in the world of competitive speed chess that flourished in the COVID-19 pandemic, died over the weekend and leaves behind a legacy as one of the greats ...

In a sporting landscape where attention is usually focused on cricket, football and athletics, chess continued to make measured progress in Guyana during ...

Follow the action at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2025 in Qatar with a €1 Million Prize Pool as top players ...

FIDE Master Rawle Allicock capped off the local chess calendar in emphatic fashion after winning the Guyana Chess ...

Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster who started as a child prodigy and quickly became one of the most influential American voices in the sport, died Monday. He was 29. The Charlotte Chess Club in ...