Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

D Gukesh held Alireza Firouzja to a draw in the final round of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam as Vincent Keymer, Magnus ...

Gukesh lost the second leg on Monday, sealing his exit from the tournament. Gukesh will now play for the 5th-8th place ...

A day after FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky wrote a long post accusing the organisers of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour of trying to split the world of chess, the brains and financial muscle behind the ...

CPS appointed board member Anusha Thotakura, District 6. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Name the one issue you think is most important for the Chicago Board of Education to focus on this year.

Just like golfers are ranked according to their wins and accomplishments, so too are chess players, who fight for the top spot in the FIDE International Chess Federation rankings. Chief among a chess ...

THE Bahamas Chess Federation proudly announces FIDE master (FM) Cecil Moncur as the 2025 Bahamas national chess champion. The prestigious tournament concluded in dramatic fashion on January 26 ...

I don’t think anything more has to be said.” Story continues below this ad Explaining why his “patience was low” with FIDE, he accused the governing body of chess of threatening players who wanted to ...

The world of chess had a rather tumultuous end to 2024, with top players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura taking on FIDE, the global governing body of chess. Carlsen and Nakamura accused FIDE ...

A subsequent draw against Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri offered a glimmer of hope, but a crushing loss to R Praggnanandhaa dealt a severe blow to his aspirations of winning the prestigious tournament in ...

Continuing his rapid rise, world champion D Gukesh dethroned compatriot Arjun Erigiasi to become the highest-ranked Indian chess player, at fourth, in the latest FIDE rankings on Thursday.