There are just 50 days to go for the FIDE World Championship 2024, where India's D Gukesh will fight to take world champion Ding Liren's crown away from him. The Indian is aiming to become the ...

NEW CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / August 7, 2025 / Young chess minds competed and collaborated at the 2025 FIDE World ...

Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov, who helped Carlsen win two world championships, pulled back the curtain and given a glimpse into the rigorous training camps of the Norwegian as he prepared for the ...

Bodhana Sivanandan is now considered an international master of the game after defeating 60-year-old grandmaster Peter Wells.

Woah! This is fantastic. I’m so unbelievably impressed by this.” GM Jan Gustaffson added: “Wow! That is a cute finish!” Could ...

The 2021 World Chess Championship ended last week with Magnus Carlen of Norway, the world No. 1, defending his title against challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. It was Carlsen’s fifth ...

A World Chess Championship Without the World’s Best Player A victory by Ian Nepomniachtchi or Ding Liren would come with political overtones. But Magnus Carlsen’s absence is the talk of the final.

However, this year’s World Chess Championship is somewhat different following reigning champion and five-time winner Magnus Carlsen’s withdrawal and, therefore, abdication of his crown.

The prestigious 2023 World Chess Championship is set to take place from April 7 to May 1 at the St. Regis hotel in Astana, Kazakhstan.

A 10-year-old chess prodigy from the London area has become the youngest female player to defeat a grandmaster, which is the sport's highest title.