LIPPSTADT (Germany) (Reuters) - Hussain Besou was just four when he started asking his father to teach him chess, hovering around the board as he played in the evenings in the Middle East until he ...

He was one of the game’s greatest tacticians, equally at home on offense and defense in the most complicated situations. He was masterful at disarming a volatile, unpredictable opponent, and he held ...

LIPPSTADT (Germany), April 5 (Reuters) - Hussain Besou was just four when he started asking his father to teach him chess, hovering around the board as he played in the evenings in the Middle East ...

On February 28, 2022, FIDE granted permission to individual chess players representing Russia and Belarus to play in international tournaments under a neutral status and announced that it would not ...

Vincent Keymer shines as one of the most brilliant young talents in the contemporary chess panorama. The player is not only the youngest grandmaster in Germany but also the one who ascended the ...

Germany's men head to the European Team Championship of chess in Georgia with the wind in their sails. A rising star and a surprise late bloomer offer the European country hope but India remain a ...

Strange things happen in Hamburg all the time. On the second weekend in January, at the Brahms-Kontor building — an Art Deco marvel in the city centre — Germany’s highest level of competitive team ...

World champion D Gukesh finished eighth at the German Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after losing to Alireza Firouzja. Despite a winless campaign, Gukesh earned $20,000. Vincent Keymer won the tournament, ...

In competitive chess, where the clash of queens and bishops usually eclipses cultural warfare, a teenage girl has found herself at the center of Germany’s latest front in the debate over transgender ...

Christopher Wiggins is a senior national reporter for The Advocate. He has a rich career in storytelling and highlighting underrepresented voices. Growing up in a bilingual household in Germany, his ...