A row is brewing in the world of chess – at the center of it are a disgruntled world federation and a chess variant – with ...

Finishing eighth among 10 participants, Gukesh just about made it to the knockout stage edging out Vladimir Fedoseev of ...

Players have also decide that the 2025 Grand Slam Tour winner in December (South Africa) will be titled “Freestyle Chess ...

World champion D Gukesh will take on Fabiano Caruana of the United States in the two-game quarter-final after the latter ...

I have known David Breakspear for five years. He is a friend. I knew of his earlier life, in and out of prison, and his ...

Chess players were left baffled after a new rule was “announced” that made Bishops more powerful, but don’t expect this to be allowed in your own matches. On January 17, chess.com claimed ...

What’s going on here? The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) wants industry input on small tweaks to the rules for CHESS Depository Interests (CDIs) to make things clearer. ASIC ...

The game helped a south Indian community escape alcoholism and gambling. Now, it’s known as the Chess Village of India.

Freestyle chess, by randomising the starting point of the game, destroys this advantage of memory and pattern recognition; it ...

Chess960 involves the randomisation of the back rank when starting, but in a twist from completely random positions (also ...

Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi recently appeared on a show and was asked about Magnus Carlsen's criticism of Viswanathan Anand.

World champion D Gukesh will take on Fabiano Caruana of the United States in the two-game quarterfinal after the latter picked the Indian in a unique format typical of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam.