Imagine being in the middle of tennis's clay-court season, and suddenly you have to switch to grass. Or alternate between Test, ODI, and T20 cricket on a weekly basis. This is the reality facing the ...

Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...

If a half-hour chess draw is played by two grandmasters in front of a mostly empty viewing hall in lower Manhattan, does it make a sound? Such was the riddle presented at the World Chess Championship ...

The FIDE Women’s World Chess Cup final remains undecided as Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh drew their second classical game. A rapid tiebreak will determine the champion. Deshmukh held her own ...

IMAGE: World No.1 Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw by Arjun Erigaisi on the opening day of the FIDE World Rapid Championships in Doha late on Friday. Photograph: Anna Shtourman/FIDE Reigning ...

The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), through its Chess Club in association with SBI General Insurance Company Ltd. (SBI GIC), co-powered by SBI, is set to host the institute’s first ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino FIDE Master Roel Abelgas showed he still has the touch despite spending most of his energy teaching and coaching after finishing a strong second in the Asian Amateur ...

KOLKATA: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand showed he remains a force to reckon with in a field increasingly dominated by youngsters, notching up two wins to emerge joint leader with 2.5 ...

IMAGE: Kerala teenager Krishna Goutham shares the lead with World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, top Indian exponent Arjun Erigaisi, and Vladislav Artemiev. Photograph: Anna Shtourman/FIDE Teenage International ...