The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.

CHENNAI: It's that time of December. The days are shorter and the weather several degrees cooler as the winter begins to set ...

Picture: X Denim, FIDE said, is “explicitly prohibited under longstanding regulations for this event” and promptly fined Carlsen, one of the greatest chess players of all time, $200 for his ...

The Washington Post book reviewer offers his picks for some of "the best of the best" fiction and non-fiction of the year.

New environments stretch time because of their unfamiliarity. Absorption contracts time because our attention becomes narrow, ...

Dozens of young chess players took part in a tournament held in the memory of Jamie Barrow. The 39-year-old from Ramsey ...

Sally Rooney is a master of the craft and Intermezzo is her best book yet. This book follows brothers Ivan (a socially awkward chess prodigy) and Peter (a successful lawyer who struggles with his ...

After the 34-year-old Norwegian chess grandmaster — who is both a five-time World Rapid Chess Champion ... made impartially and applies equally to all players,” stating that another player ...

January 6, the first day of a full working week in 2025 witnessed a collection of men and women — as many as 3,000 — mill ...

Following his first or second round, a representative from chess' governing body, FIDE, informed him he was in violation of the dress code. "First of all ... given enough time," Sutkovsky said.

In a wonderful year of reading, The Echoes boasts the best opening line of them all: "I do not believe in ... I read many stellar books of fiction this year but this one particularly stood out.