Jamaica's government has announced an ambitious plan to pour J$40 million (approximately $260,000 at the time of writing) into chess in a drive to create a new grandmaster by 2033, local media reported. Ministers on the Caribbean island wa...
Chess.com is extending its Women's History Month celebrations with a special event in which you can get to know some of our members of staff and the streamers we work with. The event, which will be broadcasted live on Chess.com's channels on You...
She is one of Iran's top chess players who made headlines around the world when she went into exile for refusing to wear a headscarf at the 2022 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships. Now, in the International Women's Day edition of Elle maga...
It's the moment the chess world has been holding its breath for—Magnus Carlsen's last major outing as world champion. And it will come at the 2023 Chessable Masters. Chess.com’s $2 million Champions Chess Tour will return with the la...
Back in January, we proclaimed a new chess boom that was so big it was troubling our servers. Thankfully, those problems have been fixed now. But if you thought that sudden wave of interest in the game would pass, or it was perhaps just a fad fu...
The Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) has completed its historic switch to Asia in a move branded by the European Chess Union (ECU) as a "shameful day" for the game. The Asian Chess Federation (ACF) formally adopted the CFR into its ranks at a meet...
With the start of the 2023 Airthings Masters just around the corner, chess fans may already be expecting a renewed focus on how air quality affects players. After all, the first event of the new $2 million Champions Chess Tour season is sponsore...
Russia's powerhouse chess federation, the biggest in the world, is pressing on with its historic move to formally switch from the European Chess Union (ECU) to Asia, it was revealed on Tuesday. In the latest development in a row that has exposed...
Was it a hack—or was it for real? Anya Taylor-Joy's Twitter account sparked a flurry of interest on Monday when she appeared to tease a new season of The Queen's Gambit. The actor, who starred as Beth Harmon in the hit Netflix series, post...
