World of chess

With FIDE's Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, drawing close, here's how chess is transforming the lives of refugee children in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

GM Nikita Vitiugov's comments expose an uncomfortable reality beneath chess's apparent boom: even one of the world's top 50 players can struggle to make the numbers add up.

Gerard Piqué has become the latest sporting superstar to invest in chess, following Erling Haaland, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and others. But what are they betting on?

English chess suffered the loss of two popular players last year. Over the past week it has come together to pay tribute to them.

Chess is about to get a lot more visible in Europe's largest economy.

The original "Wimbledon of Chess" is approaching a milestone—but is desperately in need of new sponsors.

An appeal to help the family of GM Jonathan Hawkins, who passed away just before Christmas, has raised more than £25,000 so far.

World Chess petitioned the Catholic Church and won. Now a publicly traded company has given a 1,500-year-old game its first official divine backing. For a billion players worldwide, this is either a gift or the strangest corporate overreach in sports history.

Apparently the Brit enjoyed BBC2 series Chess Masters and got in touch with its host GM David Howell.

Chess has changed beyond all recognition over the last few years. As usual, it's all about the $$$.