What looked like a normal chess game suddenly swung on a single decision. One move changed the balance, opened the position, and left the rest of the game feeling almost inevitable. That is what makes ...

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...

As she sat down for a match with the world’s No1 chess player Magnus Carlsen, Alua Nurman could not resist asking for a selfie. To the 18-year-old grand master’s delight, Carlsen agreed and leaned ...

San Diego Chess & Social, a beloved Pacific Beach based game group, is moving up the coast. With plans to launch a new weekly gathering at Modern Times Beer in Encinitas beginning April 8, the group ...

Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hans Niemann at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2025, playing each other again three years after the scandal involving the pair Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty ...

IT’S long been seen as the bastion of geeks and brainiacs but the world of chess has had its fair share of shocking scandals. One of the most infamous episodes in the game, the ‘sex toy’ conspiracy, ...

It was the anal bead theory that caused a global sensation. Now, a new Netflix film tells the tale of two grandmasters, one scandal – and a whole lot of bad blood Chess Mates (Netflix, Tuesday) has an ...

Footage shows awkward moment at Grenke festival, where electronic devices are banned to prevent players from cheating James Rothwell is The Telegraph’s Berlin correspondent. He joined in 2014 and has ...

Ten minutes past one in the afternoon—and Magnus Carlsen’s world was crashing down around him. This can’t be happening. Magnus ran a hand through his disheveled mane of auburn hair, a chaotic halo ...

The teenage chess player who World No.1 Magnus Carlsen took a selfie with and then reported her to judges for using her phone has thanked the grandmaster and insists she has 'no hard feelings' about ...

Did he win another game or was he a one-time champion?