Creating a more diverse range of official sporting activities might broaden the demographics of participants, says former ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...

This is Diana Nyad for KCRW, and this is The Score. The Asian Games span two weeks and embrace the full gamut of events. Basketball, swimming, track, cycling. But there's a centuries-old game included ...

The International Chess Federation recognizes Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha with an official rating, meaning has defeated at least ...

Magnus Carlsen secured the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour title on Tuesday by reaching the semi-finals of the South ...

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha joins a growing list of young Indian players who have come to dominate the sport in recent years.

Spokane is set to host the 2025 National K-12 Chess Championships this weekend. The United States Chess Federation (USCF) ...

Magnus Carlsen has secured the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour title, earning a $100,000 bonus after reaching the ...

A new sport is slowly becoming a sensation, and it combines two pastimes that seem to be polar opposites: chessboxing. The game is exactly what it sounds like, as it combines chess and boxing to ...

Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has secured a spot in the 2026 Candidates Tournament by winning the FIDE Circuit 2025.

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen was back competing in New York in the World Blitz Championship on Monday after he quit the Rapid World Championship over the weekend because of a dispute over a ...

Russian Grandmaster Volodar Murzin, the 2024 FIDE Rapid champion, is set to compete for American Gambits in the Global Chess ...