Hans Niemann, 19, of San Francisco, Calif. caused a major upset when he defeated the Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, 31, at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis, Missouri on Sept. 4.

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann was seen having his rear end inspected as he arrived to compete at the US Chess Championships following wild claims that the prodigy recently cheated with wireless an… ...

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, the world's No. 1-ranked player, suffered a major defeat on Sunday to current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. After Dommaraju made his final move ...

From Netflix shows such as “The Queen’s Gambit” to its rock and roll superstar Magnus Carlsen, the popularity of chess has never been stronger.

An 8-year-old chess prodigy made history as the youngest player to defeat a chess grandmaster. The boy, Aswath Kaushik, beat Jacek Stopa at a chess tournament in Switzerland. Kaushik, who was born ...

Computers Are Great at Chess, But That Doesn’t Mean the Game Is ‘Solved’ On this day in 1996, the computer Deep Blue made history when it beat Garry Kasparov Kat Eschner ...

Nakamura is a five-time US chess champion. At age 15, he was the youngest-ever American prodigy to earn the “grandmaster” title. He helped the US win a gold medal at the 2016 chess Olympiad ...

The course teaches users how to play chess, from how each piece moves to planning a winning strategy. The course is Duolingo's first since its music and math courses were released in 2023 .

The Netflix show about a female chess prodigy in the 1950s and ’60s is one of the best screen adaptations of the game yet. But there are a few wrong moves.

Chess is a centuries-old game that’s enjoying new popularity with young people. The renewed interest has created demand for more online content, and international chess master and commentator ...

Chess is seeing a global resurgence, sparked by The Queen's Gambit and the pandemic impact on leisure time. India is an emerging power player, with 85 grandmasters and intense chess schools for youth.

Pandemic boredom and a Netflix mini-series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” added to the game’s sudden popularity. But Chess.com was also plotting its own moves. Danny Rensch, left, chief chess ...