But finally, Carlsen threw in the towel against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and exited the playing hall in a huff. What made ...

That is, until 1997, when IBM's Deep Blue computer won in a six-game chess match against Gary Kasparov, a chess world champion ... Mathematics at the University of Waterloo and is the Computer ...

A British scientist has credited playing chess with helping him win the Nobel Prize. Sir Demis Hassabis, the chief executive ...

The federation added: “FEDA maintains its firm commitment against cheating in chess, acting in the strongest possible way in any case which is detected. We profoundly regret that these events ...

The 56-year-old Grandmaster Gelfand won the Chess World Cup in 2009 and the 2011 Candidates Tournament. He played against Viswanathan Anand in the 2012 World Chess Championship and lost in the rapid ...

The American chess star Hikaru Nakamura has not played in any team events since the Batumi Olympiad six years ago but joined GCL because 'it is a lot more fun'. A magazine interview, an email exchange ...

read more D Gukesh is not putting too much pressure on himself ahead of the World Championship match against Ding Liren. Image: X / @FIDE_chess D Gukesh believes that Ding Liren, his opponent for the ...

The Pipers started strong, securing solid positions on the top two boards, and soon after, Hou Yifan gained the upper hand against Alexandra Kosteniuk. A draw between Radjabov and Rapport on board ...

The second Saturday in October recognizes National Chess Day. The game challenges players mentally while also breaking down ...

This year – at the 45th Chess Olympiad finals in Budapest ... is an example of the soft power of sanctions as a geopolitical tool against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

So I started chess. "My father taught me and I wanted to win against him, so that was the motivation. It was an accident but a very happy accident," he added. The 29-year-old from Nashik became a ...