After a busy morning of classes, Ross Wolpert, a student at the University of Florida, returns to his off-campus house. He calls up his friend, brings his chess board to his front lawn, and awaits his ...

Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members. Of ...

American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has been reinstated by Chess.com following the conclusion of a legal dispute between Niemann, Magnus Carlsen and the online platform, among others. In June, a ...

The millennia-old pastime of chess has been enjoying an explosion of interest. Whether people are longing for any engaging hobby to keep themselves sane during the long wait, or they fell prey to a ...

Chess.com, which tracks algorithms for fair play, closed over 18,000 accounts. "The recent wave of new players who have discovered their passion for chess on Chess.com since The Queen's Gambit's ...

Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, ...

Netflix released "The Queen's Gambit," a series about a chess prodigy's rise from basement chess matches to global acclaim, in late October. Since the show debuted, chess sets have flown off the ...

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team look at why sportspeople like Erling Haaland, Victor Wembanyama and Eberechi Eze are all chess superfans.