Creating a more diverse range of official sporting activities might broaden the demographics of participants, says former ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has voted to allow teams from Russia and Belarus to return to official competitions ...

This is Diana Nyad for KCRW, and this is The Score. The Asian Games span two weeks and embrace the full gamut of events. Basketball, swimming, track, cycling. But there's a centuries-old game included ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...

The International Chess Federation recognizes Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha with an official rating, meaning has defeated at least ...

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha joins a growing list of young Indian players who have come to dominate the sport in recent years.

A new sport is slowly becoming a sensation, and it combines two pastimes that seem to be polar opposites: chessboxing. The game is exactly what it sounds like, as it combines chess and boxing to ...

A late proposal at FIDE’s General Assembly has sparked opposition from Nordic chess federations, who warn that lifting ...

The Global Chess League Season 3 has begun in Mumbai. Six teams will compete in 34 matches. Prominent chess players are ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa views the upcoming Chess World Championship Tour as an opportunity for players, not a ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa has asserted that the traditional world championship will maintain its hegemony despite ...