You can pick up a plastic set for $20, but a wooden set certified for the World Chess Championship costs $500. Much of the value of a high-quality set comes down to how well just one piece is made ...

Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the title in 2021 but has ... with the game’s governing body. Last year, he also won Chess.com’s Speed Chess Championship and shared the World ...

(ATR) Political and social issues are overshadowing the competition at the King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships ... s Baseball - at the 2021 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama." ...

Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World Chess Championship from Norway’s Magnus ... on seven points each after the 14 first-stage games played in the Kazakh capital Astana.

(CNN) — Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the ...