The long game: chess veterans dig in for one last Candidates run amid geopolitical tensions

The chess Candidates tournament opens on Sunday with a throwback feel — eight players, long-time controls ​and the game in ...
The Grio

Nigerian chess champion plays for 60 hours to set global record

NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess ...
Anna Cramling Chess on MSN

Watch this chess game end in 26 moves

What looked like a normal chess game did not stay balanced for long. She took control early, kept the pressure building, and ...
Education Week

How Playing Chess Can Boost Academic Learning

Corrected: A previous version of this article referenced the International Chess Federation acronym as ICF. The acronym is FIDE. There are 25 million kids worldwide who play chess competitively, ...