World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov lost the first game to IBM-developed supercomputer Deep Blue. This defining moment in ...

Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

Chess legend Garry Kasparov hailed D Gukesh's historic World Chess Championship triumph on December 12 as a watershed moment for Indian chess and a continuation of Viswanathan Anand's enduring legacy.

A game of chess requires its players to think several moves ahead, a skill that computer programs have mastered over the ...

The previous record-holder for the youngest chess world champion was Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov. He was 22 when he won in 1985 - a time when Russia and the former Soviet Union dominated ...

"Not so much [seven-time world champion Stephen] Hendry ... Selby's strategic skills in snooker to Russia's celebrated chess icon Garry Kasparov. Like Kasparov analysing a chess board, O'Sullivan ...

Find previous discussions in the Open Thread archive. Excepting the entreaty that you remain on topic, all of Slate’s usual ...

A game of chess requires its players to think several moves ahead, a skill that computer programs have mastered over the years. Back in 1996, an IBM ...

The conflict between the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and the organisers of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam could ...

His Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour has relented against FIDE for now, but the bitterness between both camps is palpable ...

Gukesh's victory makes him the youngest world chess champion ever, surpassing Garry Kasparov's previous record.