Most of the World’s Top Chess Players Compete in Electrifying Rapid Format for the Most Thrilling Chess Event of the Year This year’s event introduces a thrilling twist: a knockout stage in the later ...

R. Praggnanandhaa has asserted that the traditional world championship will maintain its hegemony despite the introduction of ...

World Champion Gukesh D and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen are among more than 360 players who have confirmed their participation in the FIDE World Rapid & B ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / December 10, 2024 / Freedom Holding Corp., a NASDAQ-listed global financial services leader, is proud to announce its title sponsorship of the International Chess ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This holiday season, New York City’s financial district will transform into a battleground for the world's greatest chess minds in the 2024 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. Tuesday’s final in New York was locked at ...

An eight-year-old British schoolgirl “phenomenon” won the women’s first prize in the Blitz category at this year’s European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Zagreb, Croatia. The “super talented” ...

Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been the top ranked US player for over a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of online blitz ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa discusses the future of chess championships amidst the introduction of the Chess World Championship Tour. Although he acknowledges the new tournament's potential, ...

Playing chess is no curveball to the Guardians—teammates regularly take each other on during their downtime and have even set up their own chess club which has recently taken on some tougher ...

Blitzing has a new meaning for several members of the Maryland football team. Eight Terps players, including starting safety Dante Trader Jr. and presumptive starting quarterback Billy Edwards Jr., ...

Daniel Naroditsky was one of the best blitz chess players in the world. His death following accusations of cheating by his ...