2010 and 2013 – the record eight-time Masters holder compared Selby's strategic skills in snooker to Russia's celebrated chess icon Garry Kasparov. Like Kasparov analysing a chess board ...

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has responded to Magnus Carlsen’s bold suggestion that he is bigger than the organization. Referencing former champions Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, FIDE ...

FIDE director general Emil Sutovsky responded to Magnus Carlsen and leaders of his Freestyle Chess venture in a heated social ...

Niemann also called the chess world a “joke,” while player and streamer Alexandra Botez said on X that the game is “getting soft.” Former world champion Garry Kasparov made a pointed ...

We are saddened to hear of the passing of our former midfielder Garry Brooke. A two-time FA Cup winner and part of our UEFA Cup-winning squad in the early-1980s, Garry passed away on Saturday morning ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi (Photo Credit: @FIDE_chess on X) In the opener, he converted a precarious position where his queen and pawn outmanoeuvred Nepo’s rook pair. Carlsen followed ...

This is Carlsen's eighth Blitz title (and 18th major chess tournament triumph) while this is Nepomniachtchi first. This meant that serial runner up Nepomniachtchi (three times in Rapid ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa scored a finely-crafted victory over compatriot Arjun Erigaisi to share the lead with Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov after the third round of the Tata Steel Chess ...

They really are an athletic power couple. After becoming an Aussie tennis icon, then retiring from the sport just two months after winning the Australian Open in 2022, Ash Barty surprised the ...