As far as chess tournaments go, the Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open are not what you would describe as big-time events. The highest-ranked players from either event last year didn't even ...

Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been the top ranked US player for over a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of online blitz ...

Hikaru Nakamura split the chess world this year by reaching the Candidates Tournament after thrashing minnows at a series of low-tier events.

(CNN) — For someone ranked No. 2 in the world, playing competitive games of chess sits curiously low on grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s list of priorities. “I look at it as something to do to get away ...

Sometimes it’s the small sprinkles of strangeness that stand out the most. If you had told me several years ago that 2020 would bring daily disasters of incomprehensible consequence, I probably would ...

Stars like Hikaru Nakamura are helping the classic game reach a new audience Stars like Hikaru Nakamura are helping the classic game reach a new audience is an entertainment editor covering streaming, ...