Vaishali Rameshbabu surprised the chess world by winning the 2026 FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament in Cyprus. As an ...

At classical tournament chess, where each player can take three hours for a game, Krush would presumably never fall for such a trap, but here, with time running out, it was possible she would go wrong ...

Chess is the type of sport that should lend itself easily to cinema. It's a game which naturally builds in tension as moves escalate towards the match's denouement, exercising both psychological and ...

For years, two students at Walter Payton College Prep on the North Side were some of the only competitive female chess players in Chicago public schools. Now, they’re on a mission to get more girls ...

A pair of youthful chess players studied the board during the Black Knight’s Chess Tournament, presented annually by The Legacy Institute. The two-week tournament is held at Confluence Academy. Credit ...

Women’s International Master chess champion and UA student Amanda Mateer talks about her work with 9 Queens, an organization that teaches chess to women, girls and at-risk youth. 9 Queens will hold an ...

The Netflix series The Queen's Gambit follows a chess prodigy named Beth, played Anya Taylor-Joy, from her childhood in an orphanage through her spectacular career in chess. She learns in a basement ...

"It's now cool to play chess," says Shahade (in black). In March, she and Irina Krush (in white) vied at an art gallery benefit for the U.S. Women's Chess Olympiad Team. Mig Greengard, ChessNinja.com ...