An Isle of Wight chess tournament is highlighting the game's growing popularity with young people.

Jan Timman, the chess grandmaster who has died aged 74, was one of the world’s finest players from the 1970s through to the 1990s; in an era of Soviet dominance he was known as “the Best of the West”.

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...

The e-ink display is perfect for chess, whether you're playing solo, online, or against the person next to you.

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...

Happily, the local chess sessions for kids are free of complex subtext and Cold War metaphor. They are certainly different from matches between the game’s earliest players – an iteration called ...

The result is that it takes my opponents by complete surprise and creates total pandemonium in their minds. It freezes their ...

Want to join the 600 million people worldwide who play chess? Duolingo, the popular language learning app known for its gamified short lesson format, announced on Tuesday that it has started early ...

Chinese Grandmaster Zhu Jiner will debut at Norway Chess Women 2026 in Oslo and said she is honoured and excited to compete.

Founded in 1885 and reignited by Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit,” Charleston Chess Club meets weekly. Members include a ...

Students at Robert Service School in Dawson City, Yukon, can now earn high school credits by playing chess. The chess program ...