Judith Polgar of Hungary is the best female chess player of all time. At age 12 she became the youngest player to be ranked ...

The Diagram position was reached after Black’s 20 th move (20…Ng4) in the game between the first-ever Women’s World Champion ...

Our defense budget may be second to none, but when it comes to chess, the U.S. still lacks the firepower of some of our ...

Levon Aronian's victory over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the Chennai Grandmasters chess tournament has intensified the race for ...

Iranian chess masters Amin Tabatabaei and Parham Maghsoodloo triumphed in the second round of the Chennai Grandmasters Chess ...

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be ...

U.S. national champion GM Fabiano Caruana and U.S. women’s national titleholder IM Carissa Yip successfully defended their ...

How does a chess player know which move to say yes ... After 3.Rag7 i.e. giving a check on g7 with the Rook on a7, both the Rooks together control all the squares of the Black King, resulting in ...

University of Santo Tomas recorded a 4-0 sweep of De La Salle University to close in on the championship in the UAAP Season 87 men's chess tournament, Saturday at the Adamson Gym. The Round 7 victory ...

Qc3. His rook on the h-file had gobbled up black’s pawn, a possible Rh7 check loomed and Black was out of ideas and resources to defend. In six years, Indian chess has seen a sea change.

"Amazing how chess can be so exciting," said ... with Valentina Gunina gaining a dominant position as Black against Alina Kashlinskaya. White managed to escape temporarily, but Gunina then sacrificed ...

"Amazing how chess can be so exciting ... a dominant position as Black against Alina Kashlinskaya. White managed to escape temporarily, but Gunina then sacrificed a rook to launch a dangerous ...