Disturbing accusations of “grooming” and sexual abuse have recently rocked the world of professional chess. Grandmaster Alejandro Ramírez is reportedly currently under investigation by two major chess ...

Griffin and Sullivan McConnell of Golden will compete in the FIDE Chess Olympiad for People with Disabilities in Kazakhstan.

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On the second day of this year’s Grenke Chess Open, Europe’s largest ...

Honestly, it made me feel like I was the president of a small country,” quipped 22-year-old American Grandmaster (GM) Hans ...

A cheating scandal is buzzing in the chess world with wild allegations of using technology — including vibrating “anal beads” — to signal winning moves after a teenage newcomer beat a world champion ...

Almost every day for the last two years, Vincent “VDogg” Hubbard has stood outside the Louisiana Fried Chicken at Manchester and Normandie avenues with a suitcase full of cocoa butter and a traveling ...

Maurice Ashley knows chess, and he enthusiastically shares that knowledge with kids who want to learn. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame, and the first Black person to earn the title of ...

Garry Kasparov triumphed over Viswanathan Anand in the Clutch Chess Legends, securing victory with two games to spare. This ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Two weeks ago, the world’s top chess authorities voted to sharply rebuke Russia for ...