She misses me a lot and the first question when I get back is whether I am going for any other tournament. And if I am, she ...

World Champion D Gukesh responds to Magnus Carlsen’s critique with humility and ambition. Discover how the chess prodigy ...

World chess champion D Gukesh stands firm on the importance of classical chess despite the rise of freestyle formats. While ...

Pranav Venkatesh's triumph comes just months after Dommaraju Gukesh made history by becoming only the second Indian after ...

Two North Carolina restaurants are crave-worthy — and rank among the South’s top “bucket list” destinations, a new report finds. Tupelo Honey in Asheville joins the Angus Barn in Raleigh on a list of ...

At the center of the Doug Bolstorff Court on Saturday, March 1 sat two objects rarely seen together in the same room, let alone with an audience: a chessboard and a wrestling mat. As spectators ...

Magnus Carlsen reveals why he’s ditching classical chess for freestyle: creativity over theory. Discover how Fischer Random ...

The first LEGO chess set was part of the Knight's Kingdom, an expansion of the LEGO Castle brand. It featured two Armies: the Shadow Knights, led by evil sorcerer Vladek, and the Kingdom of Morcia, ...

And chess has become a major esport. So that’s the thing, right, chess has historically been a game that has revelled in long, slow, plodding games. The time controls for classical chess games are in ...

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While he’s technically not the FIDE world classical chess champion anymore, that’s only because he abdicated that title by choosing not to defend it any longer. He’s still generally ...

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