The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is temporarily banning transgender women from competing in its women's events. The FIDE said individual cases would require "further analysis" and ...

A nine-year-old chess prodigy is set to make history as the youngest person ever to represent England internationally in any sport. Bodhana Sivanandan, from Harrow, north-west London, will join ...

The Kremlin said on Monday that a decision by the general assembly of FIDE, the governing body of chess, to uphold a ban on Russian and Belarusian players was the result of Western and Ukrainian ...

The International Chess Federation’s partnership with Establishment Labs touched off criticism in the chess world, where women say they have long faced unequal treatment and misogyny.

PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Chess great Magnus Carlsen will play Hans Niemann at the Speed Chess Championship (SCC) final four in their first meeting since the former world champion hinted the then ...

Mike Stubbs cover esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Multi-time chess world champion and perhaps the most famous player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, has said that he believes the ...

India notched confidence-boosting wins in both the men's and women's section to stay in joint lead with perfect 10 points from 5 rounds at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest on Sunday.

India's perfect start at the 45th Chess Olympiad continued after the rest day and both the men's and women's team won their seventh-round ties in cinematic fashion to stay unbeaten. The men ...

It was a wonderful day for India at the 45th Chess Olympiad as both the Indian men's and women's team continued their unbeaten start to emerge as sole lead with a 12/12 score after Round 6 in ...

We arrived at Dama Dama in Rhodes Suddenly, my week-long cold disappeared, and my skin warmed up in the gentle September and early October sunshine that you can still find in Europe. If long-haul ...

World No. 1 Carlsen defeated Niemann 17.5-12.5 in their semifinal at the 2024 Speed Chess Championship in Paris on Friday in a match affected by issues with the technology used to play on.