The new feature-length doc tells the story of Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian Grandmaster and the No. 1 chess player in the world ...

The NBA playoffs become chess matches for coaches. After wins and losses, they work on adjustments during practices to ...

Japanese electronics giant Sony built the robotic arm it calls Ace and pitted it against professional athletes. Ace proved a ...

In the wake of agreeing to a two-week cease-fire on April 7, both the United States and Iran are claiming victory in their war. Each says the same thing: We held out and the other guy blinked first.

“Untold,” a sports documentary series, recounts a notorious match between two grandmasters and the cheating accusations that rocked the chess world and beyond. By Dylan Loeb McClain Dylan Loeb McClain ...

The ugly side of chess is pored over in this Netflix documentary, looking at how lurid online gossip led to a lawsuit, conspiracy theories and a bitter rivalry. Sadly, there’s little new here ‘Every ...

Having reached a decision last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) publicly released the appeal verdict on Friday — in Ukraine’s favour. Sebastian Reuter / Getty Images for World Chess by ...

In its opening moments, Untold: Chess Mates contextualizes a cheating scandal that rocked the top tiers of competitive chess in 2022—which spiraled out of control with allegations of a player using ...

The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest player in history. However, it cannot replace him. These super-strong platforms ...

Chess-Turkey's Erdogmus, 14, set to become youngest 'super grandmaster' Turkey's 14‑year‑old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is set to surpass the 2,700 rating mark, a level ‌unofficially known as "super ...

For more than a decade, the Sinquefield Cup has been a key stop on the Grand Chess Tour, bringing together some of the world’s top players in a competition that helps define the highest level of the ...

The US legend declined a $25,000 offer from shoe firm Clarks to meet the cream of England’s juniors The nine-round Reykjavik Open, which began on Wednesday afternoon at the Harpa Conference Centre, is ...