Dec 28 - Magnus Carlsen won his sixth world rapid championship title at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Qatar on Sunday. The Norwegian finished the tournament with 10.5 points ...

The Norwegian world No 1 will compete at Doha next week, a year after he was penalised for wearing jeans in New York One year ago, the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen, and the global chess body, Fide, were ...

The death of a young grandmaster accused of cheating by one of his childhood heroes has once again raised the spectre of fraud in the so-called Game of Kings. Daniel Naroditsky, 29, was a pioneer in ...

India's top player Arjun Erigaisi faced a heartbreaking defeat in the FIDE World Cup 2025 tie-break against China's Wei Yi, ending his dream of a Candidates 2026 berth. Wei Yi, a rising star, now ...

The International Chess Federation filed the complaint against Vladimir Kramnik, a former world champion who had insinuated that Daniel Naroditsky cheated. By Michael Levenson The global governing ...

Laid-back clubs proving a hit in London, Birmingham and elsewhere as people look for new ways to socialise One of the liveliest spots on a Tuesday night in east London’s Brick Lane isn’t a restaurant ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1 and recent father of a baby boy, returned to chess action last week at the Champions Showdown in St Louis, where $415,000 was on offer on a quadrangular contest with the ...

The FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 comes to India, starting from October 31 to November 27 in Goa. Some of the world's best male chess players will be featuring in the 11th edition of the tournament, which ...

Clutch Chess is the brainchild of GM Maurice Ashley, where stakes add up in each round, with ever-increasing points and prize money. D Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Fabiano Caruana will ...

Russian Chess Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik is rejecting responsibility for the tragic death of Daniel Naroditsky and doubling down on the cheating allegations that allegedly drove the American chess ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earlier this week news broke of the death of Daniel 'Danya' Naroditsky, a 29 year-old chess ...

The International Chess Federation is investigating a Russian grandmaster for allegations of cheating he leveled at fellow elite players, including 29-year-old U.S. grandmaster and YouTube sensation ...