A Russian grandmaster has been banned from world chess championships for at least a year over his cheating allegations against a series of leading players, including the late Daniel Naroditsky.

The international governing body for chess has suspended former world champion Vladimir Kramnik for at least a year. The ...

The world of quantum video games is vast – there are hundreds that are either inspired by quantum mechanics or use quantum ...

The gold medal was won by the team of the State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports of Armenia, while the bronze went to ...

Playing chess can be challenging, fun, and at times frustrating. Garry Kasparov called the game “mental torture.” With virtually limitless possibilities, chess offers unparalleled depth, and you could ...

What happens when human logic meets computer precision in chess This breakdown reveals a surprising move that most players would never consider and explains how engines like Stockfish approach the ...

You’re reading The Sporting Scene, Louisa Thomas’s weekly look at the world of sports. When Gukesh Dommaraju was a small child growing up in Chennai, India, his parents wanted him to be an athlete.

This is how the story of a great chess grandmaster usually begins. A parent or teacher discovers an exceptional mind: a memory of shocking precision; a special intuition for geometry; a gift for logic ...

On a cold November afternoon in 1844, players in Washington opened a chess game in the old, familiar way, with a pawn pushed into the center. But their opponents were not across the table, or even ...

Magnus Carlsen in a scene from 'Untold: Chess Mates.' Ciutadella (Menorca), April 2023. Four months before the out-of-court settlement, which was already being negotiated (it’s not known how much ...

Ten minutes past one in the afternoon—and Magnus Carlsen’s world was crashing down around him. This can’t be happening. Magnus ran a hand through his disheveled mane of auburn hair, a chaotic halo ...