World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game to IBM-developed supercomputer Deep Blue. This defining moment in ...

World Chess Champion Gukesh Dommaraju remained remarkably cool under pressure during his intense clash with World No. 2, ...

After being eliminated by Fabiano Caruana in the quarter finals, Gukesh is battling to at least finish fifth in the 10-player ...

Vincent Keymer was one of D Gukesh’s seconds at the recent World Championship, where the Indian GM beat Ding Liren to script ...

One of the most-repeated stories about the history of Chess Records sees The Rolling Stones, on their first visit to the US, arriving at the label’s studios to record, only to find their hero ...

The goal for Chinese GM Wei Yi, since his comeback to chess in 2024, has been clear: make the cut for the next Candidates in ...

Curling is unfamiliar to Filipinos, but the golden run of Marc Pfister, Christian Haller, Enrico Pfister, Alan Frei, and Benjo Delarmente in the Asian Winter Games shines a new light on the sport ...

On​ the morning of 18 April 2023, the chess grandmaster Ding Liren was discussing tactics with his coach. He was ...

After spending the past two months battling against the world governing body of chess, FIDE, Magnus Carlsen said he was looking forward to facing off against the current world champion Gukesh in the ...

Find previous discussions in the Open Thread archive. Excepting the entreaty that you remain on topic, all of Slate’s usual ...

Designing unique characters is one of the most critical and challenging components in game design. This is especially true ...