Playing for the first time in six years, Anand shows value of experience to beat American Wesley So, China’s Wei Yi, and ...

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand marked his return with two key wins to end day one tied at the top with Hans Niemann, as Carissa Yip led the women's section with 2.5 points after three rounds.

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand showed he remains a force to reckon with in a field increasingly dominated by ...

The parent body sees the episodes as ‘normal occurrences’ but players like Aronian and Srinath feel ‘tantrums shouldn’t be ...

It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...

Second half of tenth century a.d. Pentz believes the gaming piece may portray an actual Viking of the tenth century a.d. This is especially notable as Viking artists rarely depicted people. Although ...

Take some fresh sushi, a little fried rice and some orange chicken mix it with a Knight, a Rook or Pawn, and you have the ...

Luckily, though, there’s been one man who has found shafts of humour among the dross – our peerless sketchwriter Quentin ...

Chess is a relatively simple game to learn but a very difficult one to master. Because the starting positions of the pieces ...

Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the ...

Less is more, except with toilet paper and the occasional chess position. With this hint in mind, please try to find white’s ...

In a result that has sent shockwaves through the chess world, reigning world champion D Gukesh suffered a stunning defeat at ...