Hosts were quite shocked to see Magnus Carlsen, chess grandmaster, shut down his stream and log off Microsoft Teams during a preliminary tournament match with Hans Niemann. Gif: Chess24 The ...

Tanitoluwa "Tani" Adewumi became the 28th youngest person in the U.S. to earn the title Digital News Writer, PEOPLE A 10-year-old boy won the title of National Chess Master on May 1. Tanitoluwa "Tani" ...

A 10-year-old British girl is full of shocking moves, and they have landed her a spot at the top of the chess world. In a historic turn of events, Bodhana Sivanandan became on Sunday the youngest ...

At age 10, Maximillian Lu is the youngest-ever chess master in the U.S. Even so, he sees room for improvement. The distinction of being a national master belongs to less than 2 percent of U.S. Chess ...

On a typical day after school, 16-year-old Avi Kaplan can often be found sitting around a table with friends in the throes of a game at his school’s chess club, where he might be sharing a winning ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen was back competing in New York in the World Blitz Championship on Monday after he quit the Rapid World Championship over the weekend because of a dispute over a ...

Not everyone gets to meet their idols — or compete against them. When Alice Lee was growing up, she watched Irina Krush, the first woman to earn the title of Grandmaster while playing for the United ...

Law student Rochelle Ballantyne is on a mission to be the first Black American woman chess master. “I’ve been trying to get it for the past 10 years,” said Ballantyne, 26, in an interview with Reuters ...

NEW YORK, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Law student Rochelle Ballantyne is inspired by her grandmother and hopes to be a beacon for her 10-year-old sister as she pursues the title of chess master. It would be a ...