Chess, Dejan Joveljic says, is all about thinking ahead, being patient and working the board to your advantage. And if you do all that correctly and in concert, you can bend an opponent to your will.

Spectators watch the match between China’s Ding Liren against his challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju of India, at the FIDE World Chess Championship Singapore 2024, at Equarius Hotel, Singapore, on Nov 26, ...

I am going to fully admit that my knowledge of chess is fairly limited, beyond having played it as a kid and then again with my kids until they could beat me. I don’t truly consider it a sport, at ...

What do Pope John Paul II, Benjamin Franklin, St. Theresa of Avila and Harry Potter possibly have in common? Their love for chess, of course. “Life is kind of chess,” wrote Franklin, “with struggle, ...

Cheating seems to become more prevalent in competitions every day. Be it cycling, football, baseball, poker, professional fishing, esports or even chess, scandals are emerging at a shocking rate.

In our second game, I had the black pieces. I steered into one of my favorite lines of the rock-solid Caro-Kann. Before too long, I was able to exchange off some of Sharansky’s most actively placed ...

His return to India on hold due to travel restrictions forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, India's five-time world champion chess icon Viswanathan Anand will complete his maiden commentary assignment ...