A Brooklyn teenager, Jessica Hyatt, has made history by becoming the highest-rated African American female chess player. According to Duchess International Magazine, the 19-year-old is now a candidate ...

At the World Chess Championship, defending champion Ding Liren from China duels with Dommaraju Gukesh from India. For the first time, the men's title fight is an all-Asian affair.

Gukesh Dommaraju has made history by becoming the youngest chess world champion at the age of 18.

The 2024 World Chess Championship is set to kick off this week, a showdown between 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju of India and reigning champion Ding Liren of China.

Magnus Carlsen, five-time world champion and the best chess player in the world, has opted out of the FIDE World Championship cycle for the second consecutive year. Samir Jana/Hindustan Times via ...

Boris Spassky, the world chess champion whose career was overshadowed by his loss to Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972, died on Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

This month’s world chess championship won’t feature five-time winner Magnus Carlsen, who has left the pinnacle of the classical format in favor of a weirder, more exciting version of the ...

Gukesh Dommaraju of India defeated defending champion Ding Liren of China in the final game of the World Chess Championship.

India’s 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju capped his meteoric rise by becoming the youngest world chess champion in history after defeating Ding Liren 7½-6½ in a tense championship in ...

By Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Magnus Carlsen is no stranger to pushing boundaries. From becoming the second-youngest grandmaster in ...

The 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship match between India's D Gukesh and China's Ding Liren will begin on November 25 at Singapore's Equarius Hotel in Resorts World Sentosa. Ding, the reigning ...

Beyond the chess board, the similarities in geopolitical backdrop are hard to miss. The 1972 championship was held at the height of The Cold War between USA and USSR.