Three players with Basingstoke connections played in the British Chess Championship. (Image: Ray Morris Hill) A play-off was called, and unfortunately, Peter was edged out by Grandmaster Stuart ...

What began as a casual family gift has turned into a meteoric chess career marked by international victories and broken ...

A 10-year-old chess prodigy from north-west London has become the youngest person to earn the woman international master ...

British genius Bodhana Sivanandan at the age of 10 has become the youngest chess player in the woman category to defeat a ...

A 10-year-old British girl is full of shocking moves, and they have landed her a spot at the top of the chess world ...

Michael Adams, the king of British chess, won his ninth national title today in a sensational three-way playoff finish to the 111th British Chess Championships in Liverpool.

Michael Adams edged nearer the all-time record for British Championship titles yesterday when the Taunton, Somerset-based grandmaster won his ninth national championship at Liverpool.

Malcolm Pein, of the English Chess Federation, hailed the event as "a great success," noting record entries and the ...

I am going to fully admit that my knowledge of chess is fairly limited, beyond having played it as a kid and then again with my kids until they could beat me.

Bodhana Sivanandan, of Indian origin, aged 10, has become the youngest chess player from the UK to defeat a grandmaster.

A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster.