Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Today, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) confirmed that their Fair Play Commission will be mounting an investigation of ...

The former US women’s champion Jennifer Shahade changed her life and her sport when she made allegations against a grandmaster. Now, she tells Donald McRae, she has turned her hand to writing and poke ...

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players enjoy Magnus Carlsen's celebrity status. A grand master at 13, refusing to play an American dogged by allegations of cheating, and venturing into the world ...

In September, chess world champion Magnus Carlsen accused a younger grandmaster, Hans Niemann, of cheating after losing a game to him in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. After weeks of speculation, a ...

A professional female chess player is accusing Netflix of defaming her in The Queen’s Gambit. According to court documents obtained by Radar, Nona Gaprindashvili is suing Netflix for defamation and ...

Chess has been around for a very long time and is considered one of the ultimate competitive games, pitting two people against each other in a strategic battle that is near impossible to perfect. At ...

Years before the notion of starting a software company ever entered my mind, I briefly toyed with the idea of becoming a professional chess player. At the age of 19 as a sophomore in college, I tied ...

Throughout the years, chess sets have been developed to match the evolution of the game of chess itself. In the past, sets ...