Online game developer Arkadium has launched a brand new game ahead of International Chess Day, as they have created Multiplayer Chess Online. Unlike previous versions where its just a player versus ...

Fabiano Caruana is the top-rated American chess player and No. 2 in the world. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images) Fabiano Caruana was in a bit of a hurry. The top-rated American chess player ...

The pandemic has reduced most professional sports to shadows of their former selves. But it's done wonders for one game, maybe the last one you'd ever guess: chess. "A boom is taking place in chess ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a lot of people’s interests online, whether that’s playing Dungeons & Dragons over Zoom or taking virtual workout classes. But at least one of these interests, online ...

As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess ...

It’s been a big year for chess. The surging popularity of chess spurred by the success of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” is now spilling over from retail to websites and streaming services, adding to ...

One day in May, chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was watching the last two moves of Felix “xQc” Lengyel’s online chess game. Ever-patient, Nakamura had been mentoring Lengyel, a top Twitch streamer ...

Only Magnus Carlsen is ranked above Hikaru Nakamura Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images Hikaru Nakamura did not wait around. After nearly five hours of moving chess pieces rapidly, he ...