Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2021 U.S. Chess Championship winners are Asian Americans Grandmaster Wesley So and International Master Carissa Yip. The ...

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At the inaugural SLU-Madrid Rapid Arena Chess Tournament, thirteen players engaged in two hours of online play, completing 66 games of chess and 4,356 moves. Among the competitors were three guest ...

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen defeated challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2021 World Chess Championship, extending Carlsen’s eight-year reign. Norway's World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, ...

You don’t get to be the world No. 1-ranked chess player without plotting multiple moves ahead. “I have a simple rule in life, if you are to fight the champ in anything – do it virtually,” quipped ...

Jessica Lauser is relentless on the chess board. She plays quickly, applying constant pressure on her opponents. She attacks constantly, not unlike the Beth Harmon character from the Netflix ...

A trio of researchers from Monash University and Deakin University has found that teaching children to play chess can reduce their aversion to risk. In their paper published in Journal of Development ...

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When is a grandmaster’s title less than grand? Credit...Misha Friedman for The New York Times Supported by By Ivan Nechepurenko and Misha Friedman KYIV, Ukraine — Sergei Karjakin had only one game of ...

The question of whether or not chess is a sport has always been a gray area. The game is easy to understand and watch, but an immense amount of training and talent are needed to become a certified ...