What looked like a normal chess game suddenly swung on a single decision. One move changed the balance, opened the position, and left the rest of the game feeling almost inevitable. That is what makes ...

Large language models (LLMs) are bad at chess. And yet, as a three-time National Chess Champion and a two-time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, I love to play against them. Not because they push me to ...

It did not take long for this chess game to feel different. Within seconds, the moves had a level of confidence and precision that instantly stood out. What looked casual at first quickly turned into ...

The NBA playoffs become chess matches for coaches. After wins and losses, they work on adjustments during practices to ...

The new feature-length doc tells the story of Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian Grandmaster and the No. 1 chess player in the world, and his rival: New York-based youngster Hans Niemann, who rose to fame in ...

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 ...

“Untold,” a sports documentary series, recounts a notorious match between two grandmasters and the cheating accusations that rocked the chess world and beyond. By Dylan Loeb McClain Dylan Loeb McClain ...

San Diego Chess & Social, a beloved Pacific Beach based game group, is moving up the coast. With plans to launch a new weekly gathering at Modern Times Beer in Encinitas beginning April 8, the group ...

Chess-Turkey's Erdogmus, 14, set to become youngest 'super grandmaster' Turkey's 14‑year‑old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is set to surpass the 2,700 rating mark, a level ‌unofficially known as "super ...

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2025, playing each other again three years after the scandal involving the pair Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ...

NEW DELHI: The fourth round was always supposed to be a psychological hurdle. With the 2026 edition of Candidates unlocking a new level of competitiveness, Wednesday was the final sprint before the ...