The Grand Tour of Chess began last week in Stavanger, Norway, with the Norway Chess 2015 tournament, the first of three legs in the new super tournament circuit. The Norway event, a 10-player single ...

Many strange things have happened across the chess board — even above and below the chess board — involving the game’s elites. Over the years, there have been allegations of grandmasters employing ...

This week we return to notation to allow readers a better understanding of how the pieces move and capture, how to react when the King is in check and how to bring a chess game to its conclusion. The ...

The stereotype of the chess player is someone who is smart, logical and good at maths. This is why so many parents around the world are keen to get their children playing chess – in the hope that the ...

Kramnik, who had previously accused Naroditsky of cheating in online chess, raised suspicions about Naroditsky’s sudden ...

Rex Sinquefield is 72 years old and very much interested in chess. He retired from Dimensional Fund Advisors, the investment firm he cofounded, in 2005. Some call him a billionaire and some just a ...