ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Chess Club and the World Chess Hall of Fame & Galleries are gearing up for their annual fundraising event, the Strategy Across the Board Gala, on Saturday, August 16, 2025, ...

In a realm traditionally ruled by seasoned players and global icons, 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh is making waves as a dynamic and inspiring figure. She is not only challenging established champions but ...

Magnus Carlsen is vastly successful against just one opponent. And even when he came up against many more, the Norwegian showed he can hold his own. The five-time world chess champion was competing in ...

Ding Liren slumped over the board with fallen chess pieces scattered in front of him in the moments after he won the Chess World Championship last year. His head bowed, his expression blank, he seemed ...

It was the fist slam heard 'round the chess world. Two of the titans of chess — one, the up-and-coming champion versus arguably the greatest player of all time — squared off over the weekend in a game ...

Kirill Shevchenko, a grandmaster who represents Romania, has been accused of getting assistance from a computer in the middle of games. By Victor Mather A top chess player was expelled from an event ...

In 2009, Stephanie Pitcher, then the director of the Utah State Women’s Chess Tournament, told The Salt Lake Tribune that she’d spent much of her chess career trying to avoid being boxed in. Already a ...

All seven Israeli players scheduled to play in this week’s Basque Country chess championship have withdrawn from the tournament after organisers attempted to remove the nation’s flag. The 40th Basque ...