World Chess Champion D Gukesh said his laptop wallpaper until a few years ago was a collage of former world champions. FIDE shared the comment from Gukesh after he became the 18th World Chess Champion ...

It all started with Dota Auto Chess, a custom game mode for Dota 2 which then spun off to do its own thing, simply called Auto Chess. Valve took notice, and decided to create the ill-fated Dota ...

Magnus Carlsen, often hailed as one of the greatest chess players of all time, is spearheading an ambitious initiative to revolutionise the centuries-old game. With a vision to modernise chess and ...

One of History's Most Enduring and Popular Games Joins the World's Largest Gaming and Esports Festival to Bring Competitive Chess to New Audiences RIYADH, Saudi Arabia and NEW YORK, Dec.

A dispatch from the pivotal Game 11 in Singapore that helped make Gukesh Dommaraju an 18-year-old chess champion. Ding Liren, top right, and Gukesh Dommaraju, top left, are seen during Game 1 of ...

Staring down an epidemic of loneliness, people in their 20s and 30s are gathering to play chess, backgammon and mahjong in hopes that old-fashioned game clubs might help ease the isolation and ...

"Bringing chess, a game that has been played for 1,500 years, to the Esports World Cup is a truly exciting moment," said Ralf Reichert, CEO of EWCF. "It’s the perfect example of how games evolve ...

For the unversed, Ding made a huge blunder in the decisive Game 14, moving the Rook adjacent to his King, which allowed Gukesh to become the youngest-ever world chess champion. "The result of the ...

It is common for parents here to haul their children to the city’s many after-school chess academies, hoping the cerebral game would boost their academic performance and, even better ...

Magnus Carlsen has criticised the classical chess format, saying that the rapid format of the game is "pure sport". AP Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen has hit out at the classical chess format ...

Play starts at 2pm ET (7pm BST) on Thursday December 26. You can watch free, with grandmaster and computer commentary and assessments, on lichess.org and other major chess sites. In between the ...

D. Gukesh, the 18th and the youngest World Chess Champion, said that he will not participate at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship, scheduled to take place in New York later this month.