IM Alex Golding, 22, who earned nearly £2,000, is among the rising talents aiming to match the leading English grandmasters ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s upcoming Chess Masters: The Endgame competition format was inspired by so much more than The Queen’s Gambit, its producer has revealed. For Camilla Lewis, who runs Chess Masters ...

Bobby Fischer, the reclusive American chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64. Fischer died Thursday ...

Kings of Games, a startup that two chess Grand Masters created, has raised a funding round for its Chess Universe game. The Ljubljana, Slovenia-based company is taking advantage of a popular movement ...

Meet the rising stars from the UK’s booming chess scene as they share their gameplay - and why Sue Perkins thinks chess is ‘sexy' Sue Perkins hosts this high-stakes chess contest, following twelve ...

When 17-year-old Griffin McConnell was named national chess master in March, it was a major achievement — especially since he earned the prestigious title after undergoing his fourth brain surgery ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Across cultures and generations, the game of chess is a universal language. “Chess is a fight. We are warriors of the mind,” said Pierre, a 60-year-old chess player. “My ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A chess champion from Brooklyn who's only 15 years old has been awarded a $40,000 college scholarship. Jessica Hyatt is one of the top 10 Black female chess players in the ...

In just four years, Bronx native Justus Williams went from chess novice to being awarded the level of chess master by the United States Chess Federation at age 12, becoming the youngest African ...

'Chess Masters: The Endgame' host Sue Perkins was stunned when an ex-prisoner contestant told how he was "kept alive" by the game. The 55-year-old TV presenter was amazed by the guests' stories on the ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s upcoming Chess Masters: The Endgame competition format was inspired by so much more than The Queen’s Gambit, its producer has revealed. For Camilla Lewis, who runs Chess Masters ...