Bodhana Sivanandan started playing chess when she came across a board during the COVID pandemic ...

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Freestyle Friday returns on October 2 as the 2026 championship resumes. See the schedule, start time and how to watch the ...

Chess has long been an important part of school culture. Many people believe chess has a range of cognitive benefits including improved memory, IQ, problem solving skills and concentration. But there ...

Since 1997, when IBM’s Deep Blue beat world champion and chess legend Garry Kasparov in a six-game match, chess players have accepted that machines are stronger at chess. We have taken some comfort ...

Caruana is the world's No.3 and will be leading the top-seeded American team in the open section of the Chess Olympiad.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of people’s interests online, whether that’s playing Dungeons & Dragons over Zoom or taking virtual workout classes. But at least one of these interests, online ...

The players are under house arrest and face corporal punishment because the game has been banned by the Taliban government ...

At one of Kolkata's busiest intersections, the city never really slows down. Yet beneath the Gariahat flyover, chess players ...

Chess has surged in popularity in recent years, and in my opinion, there is a huge crossover between chess and business. The game offers entrepreneurs powerful, non-obvious benefits — especially in ...

Alexandra Botez brings in over $100,000 a year as a professional chess streamer in Austin, Texas. Along with her sister, Andrea, the 25-year-old creates and streams chess content on Twitch. "By the ...