November 2020

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen celebrated his 30th birthday on Monday and received many greetings for his special day on social media.The Norwegian chess grandmaster has many records to his credit. Having first reached the…

Chess, a game that dates back at least 1,500 years, is suddenly one of the coolest games topping wish lists this holiday season and retailers are struggling to keep it in stock.The popularity of the game can be explained by two main…

Anya Taylor-Joy stars as chess prodigy Beth Harmon in "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix.…

Quan (Elo 1783) beat Shashikant (2,182) on Monday night on the 54th move. The Indian player dominated at the start, forcing his opponent to spend more time on counterattacks. But the native of Kien Giang province patiently waited for the…

Who would have guessed that a TV show set in the 1950s and 1960s, about a fictional chess champion, would break viewing records on Netflix? Lo and behold, the streaming giant announced Monday that "The Queen's Gambit" had been watched in 62…

Magnus Carlsen, the world's highest ranked chess player, said Netflix pulled off "The Queen's Gambit," the limited series about a chess prodigy set in the 1950s and 1960s.…

Magnus Carlsen, the world's highest ranked chess player, said Netflix pulled off "The Queen's Gambit," the limited series about a chess prodigy set in the 1950s and 1960s.In an interview this week, Carlsen told Insider the show…

Playing quarterback is a bit like playing chess: reading the whole field (table), knowing the abilities of each player (piece) and seeing several movements in the future. As it turns out, Kyler Murray is good at both quarterback and…

Warning: major spoilers ahead for the end of The Queen's Gambit. Ask anyone with a Netflix connection, and they'll tell you that the sexiest and most exciting TV show of the year is about competitive chess, though it's not clear if…

Reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen was only ranked second behind Garry Kasparov, while Bobby Fischer is third in the full Hall of Fame revealed on chess24 today. The full list of the 50 greatest players of all time arrives as the…