For American chess fans, there will once again be a chance to root for the first US World Champ sin…

Meanwhile, Carlsen's main rival these days, Italy's Fabiano Caruana (actually, an American who now …

The idea in the Tromp is to create on the black kingside a position similar to what you'd see on bl…

This is the most aggressive reply black has to 1. e4. It's called the "Sicilian Defense," and it ha…

Caruana brought it right down to the wire, losing a must-win match against Karjakin and in the proc…

But Karjakin is a slightly scary combination of risk-averse player and skilled calculator. Over and…

Second, Carlsen's closest challenger, the American-born Italian GM Fabiano Caruana, squared off aga…

Anand initially looked to be aiming for a draw with black in Game 11, setting up a decisive showdow…

A lot of people think Magnus is a boring player who just likes to get to tough endgames and grind h…

The first moves set up what's called the "opening" - the critical initial 10-15 moves of the game. …

We're in the middle of Game 8 of the best-of-12 World Chess Championship between current champion V…

We spoke with Kasparov in September, when he expanded upon why he felt that a win for the young, ch…

But then again, there was a good chance that, with the white pieces, Carlsen would win at least one…

For quite some time, I often played an Indian opening as white - the King's Indian Attack (KIA) - b…

Carlsen's challengers included Wall Street financier J. Christopher Flowers, the chairman…

Just a quick personal note. I spent several months two years ago trying to get used to playing 1. d…

Perhaps I imagined this because it's how I play chess (badly). Every time I'm about to make a move,…

"For me, it's about playing as long as I'm motivated, as long as it's fun, as long as it's interest…

Now to understand why this move is so awful, we've made a diagram explaining what a strategic disas…

The Chinese-chess sporting body said Yan Chenglong "damaged hotel property, violated public order a…