Pawn pushers at a couple of low-stakes chess tournaments in Iowa and Louisiana recently sat down at their boards only to discover a surprising competitor: one of the highest rated chess players ever ...

The winner will receive USD 70,000, while the runner-up gets USD 50,000. If the match ends in a tie, both players will split USD 60,000 equally. An additional USD 24,000 in bonus money is available ...

Women's World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh lightened the mood with a jersey typo during the 'Checkmate: USA vs India' exhibition. However, Team India suffered a 5-0 defeat to Team USA, highlighted by ...

At eight years old, Griffin McConnell underwent a third brain surgery to treat his life-threatening epileptic seizures. The operation disconnected the left side of Griffin’s brain, limiting function ...

Bryce Henry emphasized the term "high-stakes chess match" in the BKFC Hammond main event. After winning his first five bare-knuckle bouts by knockout, Henry earned a main event opportunity against ...

Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura stunned World Champion D Gukesh as India were whitewashed 0-5 by the USA in the first Checkmate event in Arlington, United States. However, the Japan-born American chess ...

The chess world was marred by controversy when Japan-born American GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated the world champion Gukesh Dommaraju to secure a 5-0 victory for Team USA over Team India at the Checkmate ...

American chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura threw his beaten opponent's king into the crowd after clinching a 5-0 win for the United States over India in Texas. Other leading players accused Nakamura ...

BKFC fighter Bryce Henry took multitasking to the extreme on Saturday night. After dropping his opponent, Roderick Stewart (2-3), at the end of the first round with a stiff jab, Henry (6-0) whipped ...

A Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BFKC) star knocked out his opponent in a bloody fight while also playing chess with his coach. At BKFC Hammond, Bryce Henry was pitted against Roderick Stewart in ...

Chess-Kramnik files complaint over online threats after Naroditsky's death Former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik has asked Swiss authorities to investigate threatening messages posted online ...

“Rotating strikes can be used successfully in a couple of different ways. There’s pressure on the employer, there’s pressure on the government. [But] there’s pressure off members, pressure off the ...