Meet the young chess stars beating the adults

At the Knight's Shield event two teams from Thornaby Chess Club - the all-girls Thornaby Queens and the all-boys Thornaby ...

Chess champ settles with U.S. federation after sexual assault claims

Jennifer Shahade sued the St. Louis-based U.S. Chess federation in 2024 alleging officials organized a smear campaign against ...
The Caledonian-Record

Mind games: How football stars are fuelling chess boom

Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah are among the Premier League stars "addicted" to chess, helping to spark a surge in the game ...
The Guardian

Chess: iconic Reykjavik Open sparks memory of Bobby Fischer from 1973

The US legend declined a $25,000 offer from shoe firm Clarks to meet the cream of England’s juniors The nine-round Reykjavik Open, which began on Wednesday afternoon at the Harpa Conference Centre, is ...
The New York Times

How a landmark ruling in chess could challenge Russia’s sovereignty over Ukraine

Having reached a decision last week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) publicly released the appeal verdict on Friday — in Ukraine’s favour. Sebastian Reuter / Getty Images for World Chess by ...
BBC

The women bringing chess into the 21st Century - with 'bullet' matches and viral videos

Sarah El Barbry became a chess streamer in 2025 and has more than 75,000 followers across platforms During Covid, Nemo Zhou was "losing [her] mind" locked down at home and thought it would be nice to ...
The Guardian

Chess: Favourite Fabiano Caruana loses twice in runup to world title Candidates

The world No 3 is backed to become the challenger but lost twice this week, to Wesley So and Levon Aronian Fabiano Caruana, the world No 3, reigning US champion and 5-2 favourite to win the world ...