Ahmed al-Sharaa has proven to be an adept player of geopolitical chess. Now he will be tested on his ability to win the peace in Syria.

Ho Chi Minh City chess player Pham Tran Gia Phuc claimed the championship in the Grandmaster section at the Grandmaster–International Master Chess Tournament 2026, which concluded in Hanoi on January 5.

Indian chess star R Praggnanandhaa has confirmed his return to the prestigious Norway Chess in 2026, where he claimed his first classical victory over Magnus Carlsen in 2024.

Not everyone gets to meet their idols — or compete against them. When Alice Lee was growing up, she watched Irina Krush, the first woman to earn the title of Grandmaster while playing for the United States. Alice, 14, of North Oaks never thought she ...

April 19 (UPI) --A Nigerian chess master is more than 50 hours into his attempt to play chess for 60 consecutive hours and break a Guinness World Record in the process. Tunde Onakoya started playing chess at a table in New York's Times Square on Wednesday ...

“The Iranians don’t play backgammon, they play chess and in fact they invented the game,” Barak, himself an avid chess player, said in an interview with Haaretz newspaper, referring to Iran’s nuclear program. “They are proceeding with far greater ...

Irene Fei isn't like most her age. While most consider 11-year-olds as rambunctious pre-teens who struggle to sit still, Irene is just the opposite. Every day after school, the sixth-grader from Ames spends hours at her family's kitchen table meticulously ...

Legendary chess player Viswanathan Anand is set to be out with his new childrens book, Lightning Kid 64 winning lessons from the boy who became five-time world chess champion, as he deep dives into the most dramatic moments of his life and career along with 64 bite-sized lessons -- one for every square on the chessboard.