World chess number one Magnus Carlsen announced his return to play in this year’s final World Blitz Championship after the ...

The World Chess Championship, the first of which was held in 1886, will take place over best-of-14 classic games. According to Chess.com, the ...

The 2021 World Chess Championship ended last week with Magnus Carlen of Norway, the world No. 1, defending his title against challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. It was Carlsen’s fifth ...

Saturday’s 11th game of the best-of-12 World Chess Championship in New York City was a quick, 34-move draw — the ninth draw of the match — and took just more than three hours.

The World Chess Championship, the first of which was held in 1886, will take place over best-of-14 classic games. According to Chess.com, the ...

The 2024 World Chess Championship is set to kick off this week, a showdown between 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju of India and reigning champion Ding Liren of China.

A World Chess Championship Without the World’s Best Player A victory by Ian Nepomniachtchi or Ding Liren would come with political overtones. But Magnus Carlsen’s absence is the talk of the final.

At the World Chess Championship, defending champion Ding Liren from China duels with Dommaraju Gukesh from India. For the first time, the men's title fight is an all-Asian affair.

The 2024 World Chess Championship is being shown for free in Australia on YouTube. Play typically begins at 5:30 a.m. AEDT, switching to 4:30 a.m. AEST when the clocks change on Sunday, April 7.

T he FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2025 is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated events in women’s chess history. This championship will see a fierce battle between the four ...

Editor’s Note: The Women’s World Chess Championship match is from January 3-26, 2020.The first six games will be played in Shanghai, China and the remaining six games, plus any tiebreak games ...