ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF), the leading chess cultural center in the country, is proud to announce “Paws and Pawns: Exploring Animal Chess Sets,” a whimsical and ...

World Chess champion Magnus Carlsen will no longer compete in the World Rapid or Blitz Chess Championships after violating the International Chess Federation’s dress code policy. Carlsen, who was set ...

Gukesh Dommaraju, an 18-year-old chess grandmaster, recently dethroned reigning world champion Ding Liren to claim the title of 2024 World Chess Champion. This remarkable achievement shows not only ...

The FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 will be held in Doha from December 25 to 30, featuring top chess stars like ...

With a dramatic victory Thursday in a deciding match, 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest person to be crowned chess’s world champion. Dommaraju broke a record set by Russia’s Garry ...

PARIS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has approved a new global competition set up by Norway Chess that will crown a "World Combined Champion" across three time formats — ...

LONDON, Aug. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- World Chess plc, the international chess organization and media platform that has helped redefine how the game is played, broadcast, and experienced around the ...