The Russian opposition is an odd bunch. While not supporting Russia's brutal all-out war against Ukraine and its people, the leaders of the so-called opposition don't want their country to lose. A ...

The Kyiv Independent’s Kate Tsurkan discusses with Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster and political activist based in ...

In this video Andrea Botez shows basic ideas and main lines of her favourite opening: The London System. This new Crash Course series will help beginner and intermediate level players grasp different ...

Magnus Carlsen, the World No. 1 chess player, has married his girlfriend, Ella Victoria Malone, the wedding was conducted in ...

Intelligence is attractive, and so are these 11 chess grandmasters and players, whose moves have us locked in checkmate.

Carlsen's long-time trainer and Vishwanathan Anand's former coach Peter Heine Nielsen has accused FIDE of being controlled by ...

The Russian Chess Federation will reportedly hold talks with several sponsors of the country’s chess players to discuss a ...

Sweeping Western sanctions against Russia have made AI chips a challenge to obtain.

The chess world has been embroiled in controversy recently, starting with a series of incidents during the FIDE World Rapid ...

Magnus Carlsen’s coach and former trainer of Viswanathan Anand, Peter Heine Nielsen, has launched a scathing attack on FIDE, ...

Carlsen’s long-time trainer Peter Heine Nielsen, who also coached Viswanathan Anand in the past, took to X to defend the Norwegian and hit back at the Israeli Grandmaster’s accusations.

For once, everyone in the chess world appeared to agree with the controversial American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann. “The ...