International Chess Federation (FIDE) President Arkady Dvorkovich has revealed that the sport has "nothing to lose," by aiming for a place on the Olympic programme and is targeting inclusion in the ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) are targeting inclusion at continental and youth Games after failing with a bid for Paris 2024 Olympic inclusion. FIDE campaigned for the faster formats of ...

Onakoya has already set the record for the longest uninterrupted time playing chess to raise funds for indigent African children. The chess enthusiast has been taking on different opponents as he ...

The biennial chess Olympiad begins at Chennai on Friday (10.30 BST start, viewable live and free online) with an expected 188 teams in the open event and 162 in the women’s tournament. The United ...

Magnus Carlsen, the global No 1, comes to Wall Street this week as the Norwegian legend, 34, defends his World Rapid and Blitz crowns in New York against a host of ambitious US challengers. This will ...

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand is likely to lose his number one status by next month but the Indian is hardly bothered as he feels ranking is a motivational target rather than an end in itself ...