PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - Finding chess boring? Try shuffling your pieces on the back rank and you get Chess960, or Freestyle chess, a variant of the game that favours creativity over preparation, ...

FILIPINO icon Eugene Torre is batting for standard chess to be a regular event in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. The 71-year-old Asia’s first Grandmaster (GM) and playing national team coach is ...

June 2 (Reuters) - A seething Magnus Carlsen slammed his fist into a table after suffering his first defeat by world champion Gukesh Dommaraju in a classical game in Stavanger before the Norwegian ...

Garry Kasparov is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players in history. In recent times, he"s also become a favorite among the crypto community.Speaking at a Coindesk interview, Kasparov ...

It’s been a big year for chess. The surging popularity of chess spurred by the success of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” is now spilling over from retail to websites and streaming services, adding to ...

Baadur Jobava v Magnus Carlsen, world blitz championship, Moscow 2019. Carlsen captured both the world rapid (30-minute games) and world blitz (5-minute) crowns to add to his classical title, which he ...

A seething Magnus Carlsen slammed his fist into a table after suffering his first defeat by world champion Gukesh Dommaraju in a classical game in Stavanger before the Norwegian wondered why he was ...