The new feature-length doc tells the story of Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian Grandmaster and the No. 1 chess player in the world ...

In the wake of agreeing to a two-week cease-fire on April 7, both the United States and Iran are claiming victory in their war. Each says the same thing: We held out and the other guy blinked first.

Japanese electronics giant Sony built the robotic arm it calls Ace and pitted it against professional athletes. Ace proved a ...

Children from New York schools are consistently winning national chess championships, and programs dedicated to teaching ...

A three-time National Chess Champion breaks down what playing chess against LLMs can teach us.

On a cold November afternoon in 1844, players in Washington opened a chess game in the old, familiar way, with a pawn pushed ...

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...

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 ‘Every ...

Footage shows awkward moment at Grenke festival, where electronic devices are banned to prevent players from cheating James Rothwell is The Telegraph’s Berlin correspondent. He joined in 2014 and has ...

A chess player took a selfie with the world number one ahead of their game, only to have her phone confiscated moments later after her opponent reported her for breaking the rules. Ahead of the match, ...

The teenage chess player who World No.1 Magnus Carlsen took a selfie with and then reported her to judges for using her phone has thanked the grandmaster and insists she has 'no hard feelings' about ...