GM Shyam Sundar's Chennai-based academy is making waves by producing elite chess prodigies, including India's 86th grandmaster Srihari LR and FIDE Junior World Champion Pranav V. Shyam's coaching ...

Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members ...

An inaugural initiative has seen junior chess players from Ludlow join a group of older people from Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin’s Chess Group for a friendly competition that ...

Around 35 Indian chess players are set to compete in the Asian Individual Championship in Al Ain, UAE, vying for coveted FIDE World Cup spots. This year marks the debut of Russian players under ...

The En Passant Triumph has appeared in Destiny 2, and to obtain it you'll need to find and complete an easily missed chess puzzle. To be able to complete the puzzle, you'll need to have collected ...

"Hola, ajedrez" means "Hello, chess" in Spanish. You've always been able to learn Spanish on Duolingo. And you'll be able to learn and practice chess on the language learning app soon. Duolingo ...

A chess grandmaster who is playing a single game against 140,000 people thinks the match is heading for a draw. The mega-match features undisputed world number one Norwegian Magnus Carlsen playing ...

In an ancient sport like chess, where every move has been analyzed down to the smallest detail, talk of revolution sounds almost heretical. However, a new modality is beginning to gain ground ...

When you need a couple of on-camera ambassadors for the game of chess, you won’t do better than the Botez sisters. Alexandra, 29, and Andrea, 23, have been playing since they were barely out of ...

Chess pieces in Destiny 2 Heresy are collectibles introduced as a fun event for everyone. Hunting for secrets is nothing strange for players, and Bungie seems to have capitalized on that fact to ...

Celebrity status A grandmaster at 13, Carlsen enjoys celebrity status that few other chess players have. The 34-year-old became the world’s top-ranked player in 2011 and has won five World ...