My mind now begins to wander and wonder about street chess –– something I only know from movies. It’s a tradition that formed ...

An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows A hand uses a dark chess piece to knock over a light chess piece on a chessboard, Image 2 shows A group of six children and fou ...

In under five years, the singer has gone from posting TikTok clips to commanding major stages with a balance of determination and agility that made her the first woman — and the youngest artist ever — ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Amirhossein Khorgooe / AFP / Getty; Maximillian Mann / The New York Times / Redux; Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty. It’s hard to think of a time when the United States ...

Just when the LA Lakers and LeBron James seemed certain to deliver the knockout punch to the Rockets, they once again looked vulnerable. The four-time MVP managed just 10 points on 22.2 percent ...

Last week, one of the most exciting stories in the sports pages of the newspaper was Grandmaster R Vaishali’s triumph at the Candidates Tournament in Pegeia, Cyprus, on April 15. The Chennai-based ...

The sanctity of the Trophy system was eroded long ago, so it’s no real surprise to see thousands of PS5 players downloading the free game Chess Mate. The Platinum here, if you’ll excuse the pun, is a ...

Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov won the 2026 Candidates Chess Tournament here on Tuesday, earning the right to challenge India's D Gukesh for the World Chess Championship title later this year.

Ten seconds left. Ball in LeBron James' hands. With the Milwaukee Bucks clinging to a two-point lead against the Los Angeles Lakers, Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo read the play. Defending James, ...

American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was sitting at a chess board in Cyprus last week feeling absolutely stumped. The world’s No. 2 rated player, famous for his talents in speed chess, spent 67 ...

Indian-origin chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan has become England's top-rated female player, according to the latest rating list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). The 11-year-old, whose ...

Bestseller Mezrich (Breaking Twitter) offers a gripping investigation into a 2022 cheating scandal that stunned the competitive chess world. The book opens with the now infamous upset at America’s ...