In late 2020, Netflix contributed to a huge boom for chess with the release of The Queen's Gambit, featuring Anya Taylor-Joy as chess prodigy Beth Harmon. Nearly three years on, the streamer has ...

HELSINKI (AP) — Former world champion Garry Kasparov failed in his bid to oust the eccentric longtime head of the World Chess Federation on Monday in a bitter contest steeped in Russian power plays.

USA retained the world 50+ title, while Germany-Lasker SGK won the 65+ equivalent, with England fourth in both events ...

India has been the nation to beat in international chess since 2024, when the nation’s men and women teams won double gold at the Budapest Olympiad, while Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest ever ...

When the U.S. Chess Championship began 12 days ago, it seemed a given that either Minnetonka chess grandmaster Wesley So would repeat as national champion or one of the two other super-elite U.S.