"The Queen's Gambit" has fuelled a huge rise in interest in chess — especially with women. The game…

The other six Grandmasters in this year's Candidates Tournament are Peter Svidler and Sergey Karjia…

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

Neither player is particularly flamboyant or attacking in style. Carlsen likes to sit at the board …

Carlsen is the world's best at this so-called "rapid" chess. After 11 consecutive draws in the clas…

And still, a draw after 34 moves. The WCC consists of 12 classical games, followed by rapid/blitz t…

A year later, Carlsen is as dominant as ever but there have been some wobbles. The U.S. number one …

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

In 2014 at the Cup, Caruana won in dominating fashion, almost running the table against a field tha…

Anand has just moved his knight to the g5 square. Optically, this position looks better for white. …

At this year's match in Sochi, Russia, the story has been completely different. Reigning champ Magn…

The remainder of the field consists of only three other players in the current world top ten, as ra…

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…

There is a problem, however, which is that Carlsen knows the Sicilian as well as anyone, although A…

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. …

"The Grand Chess Tour was created with just one goal in mind: Demonstrating the highest level of or…

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