History has a peculiar way of disguising stagnation as motion. The first round of negotiations in Islamabad appeared to defy that pattern. Delegations arrived with urgency, global media converged with ...

Some locker rooms are filled with chess players -- from multitime NBA champions like Draymond Green and Klay Thompson to ...

For more than a decade, the Sinquefield Cup has been a key stop on the Grand Chess Tour, bringing together some of the world’s top players in a competition that helps define the highest level of the ...

Who is Jacorey Bynum? Teen chess player shocks Magnus Carlsen with bold queen sacrifice checkmate in viral blitz game (Image via Getty) Magnus Carlsen did not lose to a grandmaster this time. Instead, ...

Online matches are gaining popularity, but chess club is all about the thrill of good old-fashioned board play. On a Wednesday night in July, chess boards and timers crowd tables at Ladybird Grove & ...

Checkmate! I am sure that was my mindset when I was in private practice and wanted to win a case for my client. I wanted to achieve checkmate, to trap the opposing party so they had no legal move that ...

Hikaru Nakamura sparks global controversy by throwing D Gukesh’s king into the crowd after a dramatic USA vs India Checkmate 2025 victory. Hikaru Nakamura stuns D Gukesh and throws his king into the ...

World No 2 Hikaru Nakamura celebrates in an exaggerated manner after defeating reigning world champion D Gukesh at the 'Checkmate: USA vs India' event in Arlington, USA. Image credit: Screengrab/Chess ...

‘Checkmate: USA vs India’ is an exhibition chess event taking place in Texas, USA which will feature some of the top players from the two nations, including reigning world champion D Gukesh as well as ...