World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura needed to hit a minimum number of games for a shot at the world championship. He sparked a firestorm by beating up on lower-ranked players to get there.

On the face of it, playing chess and competing in the NBA couldn’t be further apart. One requires monk-like levels of silent concentration – particularly in classical chess – while the other demands ...

Android, it's your move. Language-learning app Duolingo announced Tuesday that it is launching its chess instruction to Android phones, three months after introducing the game to iOS devices. The ...

Abhimanyu Mishra, a chess prodigy, achieved a significant milestone. He became the youngest player to defeat a reigning world champion in classical chess. Mishra triumphed over D Gukesh in Uzbekistan.

Chess.com discloses June 2025 cyberattack which exposed data of 4,541 users Hackers exploited a vulnerable third-party file transfer tool; core systems weren’t breached No logins or payment data were ...

Chess.com has disclosed a data breach after threat actors gained unauthorized access to a third-party file transfer application used by the platform. The incident occurred in June 2025, with the ...

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As President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart prepare to hold what has all the makings of a historic summit in the far north frontier that nearly connects their two nations, Europe's deadliest ...

MOSCOW — The Kremlin and the White House have both confirmed that Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet one-on-one in Alaska on Friday before expanding talks to their delegations. The ...

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump likened his upcoming high-stakes Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to a "chess game" while predicting there's a "25% chance" the meeting could ...