ABU DHABI, 6th March (WAM) – A total of 125 male and female players representing 26 nationalities will compete in the blitz chess competitions scheduled for next Saturday and Sunday as part of the ...

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has invested in a new world chess championship. The 25-year-old has co-founded the company Chess Mate, which has become a “significant” ...

A product of the Soviet chess system and a Grandmaster since 1998, Petr Kiriakov represents a generation shaped by tradition, ...

“That is just a big-time program” — Hurley on Richey and Furman ...

A Dutchman, he was considered the best player outside the Soviet Union for two decades, although he described himself as ...

R Praggnanandhaa has had a tough run in recent months, having gone through a decline in the second half of 2025 and finishing a lowly 11th at the recent Tata Steel Chess tournament after entering as ...

Erling Haaland has become an investor in a new chess world championship which is expected to launch next year.

Medieval manuscripts, paintings and chess sets reveal that the so-called "game of kings" defied social structures and racial attitudes by celebrating the intellectual prowess of winners irrespective ...

Dutch chess icon Jan Timman, who had been ranked as high as world No 2 at the peak of his career and had challenged the ...

South Texas is the chess capital of the state, due in large part to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Its chess team is preparing to defend its national title in competitive collegiate chess.