A 10-year-old chess prodigy has made history as the youngest female player ever to defeat a grandmaster, which is the highest distinction any chess player can earn. Bodhana Sivanandan earned the ...

This is Diana Nyad for KCRW, and this is The Score. The Asian Games span two weeks and embrace the full gamut of events. Basketball, swimming, track, cycling. But there's a centuries-old game included ...

The ugly side of chess is pored over in this Netflix documentary, looking at how lurid online gossip led to a lawsuit, conspiracy theories and a bitter rivalry. Sadly, there’s little new here ...

From not having a single Grandmaster until 1988 to producing 95 of them in less than four decades, India has come a long way ...

The thinking that chess is a cheap sport is a misconception, with families of prodigies like Aronyak Ghosh and Mayank ...

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died at age 29, The Charlotte Chess Center (N.C.) and his family announced in a statement on Monday. The cause of death is not yet public and the statement said the ...

Read the latest stories on chess, including schedules, rankings, key statistics, highlights and more. Access breaking sports ...

Magnus Carlsen made a return to Classical chess at the TePe Sigeman Chess 2026, rekindling old memories in Malmo while ...

When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke. Chess boxing? Could it really be a thing? Turns out, it is, and it's just what it sounds like: alternate rounds of chess and boxing.

The circumstances of Naveed Ahmad’s life have imposed many restrictions on the impoverished Afghan teenager. He can't travel abroad, pursue his dream of getting a university degree, or even afford to ...