Draw offers and even resignations are banned. The audience will be encouraged to cheer and applaud. USA will have White on all boards, with the idea that India will have Whites in a future return ...

As far as chess tournaments go, the Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open are not what you would describe as big-time events. The highest-ranked players from either event last year didn't even ...

At just seven years old, Varun Turaga from Pleasanton is preparing to compete in the world chess championship.

Master tactics in chess are not limited to traditional gameplay, but can also be a powerful ally in competitive titles, especially in the eSports and online chess scene. Want to know more about this ...

The Global Chess League Season 3 draft will be held in Mumbai on September 26. Six franchises will select from a 36-player ...

Magnus Carlsen, the chess grandmaster who has become the public face of the game, was forced into a draw after an intense game played over 6 1/2 weeks — and it only took some 143,000 opponents working ...

Less than two months after Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy faced off in a historic all-Indian final at the FIDE Women’s World Cup, R Vaishali became the first player, male or female, to win ...