Chess is a game of strategy, skill, and deep thinking. The world’s best players compete at the highest level, constantly improving their tactics. As of April 2025, Magnus Carlsen remains the top ...

The current chess boom, observers say ... was penalized for wearing jeans to the tournament. How would the world’s best player spice up the game? Change the rules, and add a touch of reality ...

Chinese grandmaster Ju Wenjun secured her fifth consecutive Women’s World Chess Championship on Wednesday, defeating ...

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the ...

India’s teenage chess prodigy and reigning world champion D Gukesh is under fresh scrutiny, this time from Jon Ludvig Hammer, ...

At the age of 12, Dr. Bei Zeng was already the top chess player in her province in China and a prodigy in a family deeply ...

With some of the world’s best players in action, Freestyle Chess has been dominating the conversation so far in 2025, having ...

Last weekend, Magnus Carlsen successfully defended his title as World Chess ... to being the best U.S. player, he's regarded as being the greatest player of "bullet" chess who has ever lived ...

The documentary, directed by Benjamin Ree, features extensive archival footage and home movies of the Norwegian chess player from infancy to age 22, when he won the world championship. It's a rare ...

Carlsen, considered arguably the best chess player of all time, also agreed to work as an ... “It does make it a bit less ...