Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, the world's No. 1-ranked player, suffered a major defeat on Sunday to current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. After Dommaraju made his final move, Carlsen, ...

Russia is no stranger to unique poisonings. State agents have been known to use everything from polonium-laced tea to the deadly nerve agent “novichok” when making assassination attempts against both ...

It's not quite like a scene from the Queen's Gambit, the popular Netflix series where Russian chess players sit at outdoor tables in Moscow Park. The only similarity is that I'm wrapped in a warm ...

Freestyle chess is shaking up the chess world, and Jan Henric Buettner comes on the podcast to discuss how this innovative format is disrupting the game and making chess more accessible to the masses.

In the 1920s, Marcel Duchamp claimed to no longer be making art, and began to devote considerable time to chess. He’d grown up battling with his older brothers, Raymond and Jacques, and in his later ...

Zoe Studios has closed an angel investment round as it looks to build a new chess game on mobile for modern, casual audiences. The developer secured investors including John Wright, Phil Mansell, ...