The World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries (WCHOF) today announced the 2026 U.S. and World Chess Hall of Fame inductees. Members of both Halls of Fame are chosen for their impact on the sport and ...

A Russian grandmaster has been banned from world chess championships for at least a year over his cheating allegations against a series of leading players, including the late Daniel Naroditsky.

One Takes Crown; Other Ranks 3rd ...

Thanks to the pandemic and hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit, interest in virtual chess has spiked. More Americans now play chess than tennis and golf combined, and most of that is online. In the ...

Geneva has been chosen to host this year’s world chess championship match, with Fide announcing on Tuesday that reigning champion Gukesh Dommaraju will defend his title against challenger Javokhir ...

Armenian-American Grandmaster Levon Aronian won the Biel Chess Festival 2026, the Chess Federation of Armenia announced. The ...

Chess legend Judit Polgar on Monday turned down Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar's offer to join his push to break with ...

McKinney chess grandmaster Andy Woodward, 16, returns to St. Louis to defend his U.S. Junior Championship title after an undefeated run last year.

She Plays To Win are the UK’s only all-female chess team, but they may have to swap out a player for a male participant ...

Caddo Parish Parks & Recreation is scheduled to host a series of youth chess clinics for ages 8-16 at the LSUS Campus ...

What does the standard issue chess player in the movies look like? In the 2020 real-life competition drama “Critical Thinking ...

From Viswanathan Anand to Gukesh D, Praggnanandhaa R, Vaishali R, Pranesh V and Aravindh Chithambaram, India’s tally of chess grandmasters is now one short of 100. The Indian Express travels to ...