World of chess

22 years after his first appearance, world number-one Magnus Carlsen is back playing in one of his favourite tournaments. He's never won the TePe Sigeman.

The prospect is quite a long way off, but the Olympiad may finally travel to the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent.

The story of Egon Mattaaq, who lives in the Arctic Circle where he experiences both polar darkness and midnight sun, will warm your heart.

Speaking ahead of the 2026 Grand Chess Tour, the reigning and five-time U.S. Champion points to how one of game's traditional superpowers is losing ground to Uzbekistan and India.

'I often hear different stories about myself,' the billionaire German entrepreneur says as he appears to be preparing the ground for a run at Arkady Dvorkovich's job.

No salary. No kingdom. No enforcement power. The job is, by any rational measure, a ribbon. So why is the line to win it longer than it has ever been?

Netflix just made a documentary about the biggest cheating scandal in chess history. It started the story thirty years too late.

Daniil Dubov beat Javokhir Sindarov — the reigning Candidates champion, the most prepared player in chess, the man with a World Championship match already on his calendar — three games to zero on Thursday. He did this from his bed.

Uzbekistan goes from strength-to-strength in the chess world and the theme of an India-Uzbek rivalry continues.

Most of your games don't end the way you think they do. Draw is the most likely outcome when both sides play well — and until now, nothing in your analysis told you when one was actually in reach.