Magnus Carlsen, the world No1, made a cameo appearance via video in last Monday’s third episode of BBC2’s Chess Masters: The Endgame, challenging contestants to memorise a position from a “special” ...

He has recently promoted Freestyle, a tournament where the pieces on the back rank start ... During last year’s World Rapid Chess Championship, Carlsen fell out with FIDE after being punished ...

Chess is one of the oldest recorded and most revered board games, and it dates back centuries. However, despite its cent ...

Recently, the column delivered some insights into chess openings and the middle game. Each phase has had players who excelled ...

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World ...

After their games, I had to set up the pieces. I was their favorite to ... To see the Philippines produce world-class chess players who will not just follow in her footsteps but forge their ...

India's Pranav Venkatesh clinched the World Junior Chess Championship (Under-20 ... Playing with black pieces, Levrencic chose the Sicilian defence, but the game took an unexpected turn when ...

American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, who occupies the No 2 slot in the latest FIDE Classical ratings and is also the ...

In a recent interview with the Australian broadcaster ABC's Sunday "Insiders" program, Adam Bandt, head of the Australian ...

She was also been crowned the World ... a piece that many kids take weeks to learn, he was immediately impressed, and he accepted me into the club, and from that moment, my chess journey began.

so watchers of the show who know how the pieces move, know the rules of chess, can follow our games. In the competitive chess world and three-day Chess Federation tournaments, we don't see the person.