Tragic death of chess player Naroditsky sparks conspiracy theories and reproach
Vladimir Kramnik has denied any wrongdoing, while FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich says he warned the former world champion about his actions
The inside story of Daniel Naroditsky: Defamation and a public spat with Vladimir Kramnik
The renowned US chess grandmaster and commentator, who died suddenly on Monday aged 29, was accused without evidence of cheating for over a year by the former Russian champion
Boris Spassky, the chess player who was a victim of Bobby Fischer but also much more
The world champion, dethroned by the American in the middle of the Cold War, died on February 27 in Moscow at the age of 88 after a life worthy of the movies
Garry Kasparov: ‘I cannot show weakness, it’s not a good sign for a leader’
The record-holding world chess champion, who lives in New York and is included on the Putin government’s list of ‘terrorists and extremists,’ maintains that the war must follow a ‘strategy that consists of Ukraine winning and Russia losing’
The Carlsen-led chess revolution will have its own circuit on four continents
Buettner, the sponsor, predicts that the 960 (or freestyle) mode will coexist with the classic version, and he does not rule out the possibility of two parallel World Championships
Chess stars compete in opulent seclusion
Carlsen, Ding and six other players participate in an innovative Chess960 tournament held at a luxurious German resort
Levy Rozman, the twentysomething who triumphed online with his chess advice
With 4.5 million subscribers on YouTube and subsidiaries on Twitch and TikTok, GothamChess, the channel run by this 28-year-old from Brooklyn, has become a virtual bible for amateur players
The incredible case of Russian chess player Khismatullin, who is ‘forgiven’ by FIDE for supporting the invasion of Ukraine
Unlike Sergey Karjakin, the world runner-up who was sanctioned for taking military equipment to the front, the grandmaster has not been punished by the International Chess Federation for his pro-war stance
Ian Nepomniachtchi: A meticulous Russian who opposes the invasion of Ukraine
Those around the second-best chess player in the world believe that the current champion, Magnus Carlsen, advised his rival, Ding Liren, before the World Championship
Enigmatic moves, empty tables: Ding loses game two of World Chess Championship in bizarre way
The Chinese grandmaster, ranked number three, made a play never seen in elite competition against Ian Nepomniachtchi to hand the Russian the edge in Astana
Nepomniachtchi and Ding go head-to-head in Astana to succeed Magnus Carlsen
The Russian player, who is ranked No. 2, faces his Chinese rival, who is No. 3, in Kazakhstan for the world title after the Norwegian elected not to defend his title