Summer 2023 is pretty action-packed for Mid-Atlantic denizens of the world’s most popular board game. This upcoming weekend, Virginia amateur chess players will square off in an online tournament ...

“For me, this is very important not only at a personal and sports level. I also had the objective to spread chess to the masses, to inspire young talents so they follow their dreams and they can turn ...

After decades spent playing simultaneous chess, an 87-year-old Hungarian pensioner clinched a world record Sunday, by finally overtaking a total set by 1920s Cuban grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca.

A simultaneous chess display, where students got to play a game of chess with seasoned players had a participation of 80 students from across schools in the district, here on Wednesday. The display ...

British grandmaster Nigel Short is preparing to do battle with more than two dozen of Adelaide's most talented and daring chess players — an unremarkable fact, until you realise he will be playing ...

Chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani led her team at Saint Louis University to the collegiate national championship after taking on the Iranian government. Today, she took on another new challenge.

Today in Saint Louis, Mo., one woman will take on 30 opponents in a simultaneous chess exhibition. DORSA DERAKHSHANI: I'm supposed to get white, which white starts first in chess. So I already know ...