You can pick up a plastic set for $20, but a wooden set certified for the World Chess Championship costs $500 ... artisans begin to carve. Artisans use particular steel tools, called cutters ...

SINGAPORE—On Thursday night in Singapore, in the fifth hour of the fourteenth game of a world championship chess match that had ground on for nearly a month, Gukesh Dommaraju noticed something ...

The American, who lost the classical World Chess Championship final against Carlsen in 2018, still sees value in the classic format and wants to “keep our historical legacy” which has “a lot ...

FIDE World School Championships 2025 is set to begin on 19 March, and the event will see young chess prodigies around the world compete in several age groups. The tournament will be held in ...

Following his World Championship triumph, D Gukesh shaved his head and sought blessings at the Tirumala Temple in Andhra Pradesh. Gukesh won the World Chess Championship last year in Singapore ...

but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the title in 2021 but has opted not to participate in the event ...

PARIS – Magnus Carlsen feels he is still better than the young generation of chess players, but the Norwegian great is ruling out a comeback at the classical world championship. The world No. 1 ...