The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest player in history. However, it cannot replace him. These ...

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the title in ...

Hans Niemann declares he will become a “stone cold killer” and the world’s best player in a Netflix documentary released on ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...

Praggnanandhaa, the teenage Indian Grandmaster, shared insights and thoughts on why chess players around the world are shifting away from classical chess to other formats. According to Pragg, the ...

THE rivalry between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen has evolved into one of the most polarizing and talked-about sagas in modern chess which is a clash that goes far beyond the 64 squares and into ...

PARIS, March 26 (Reuters) - The chess Candidates tournament opens on Sunday with a throwback feel — eight players, long-time controls and the game in its purest form — but also with a sense that this ...

A Canadian journalist’s book analyses an ecosystem proliferated by genius, prodigies, oddballs and eccentrics, all of this ...