One has to be better than good to win at the World Chess Championship. One has to be nearly perfect. Fabiano Caruana, the world No. 2, was reminded of that today in his eighth game against the ...

We didn’t see much of Ian Nepomniachtchi on Sunday, though the Russian grandmaster is nominally competing for the World Chess Championship in Dubai. He spent much of the day in a private room, hidden ...

Q: Can White win this position, with White’s turn to play? With only a King and a Pawn for White and a lone King for Black on the board, you might think there isn’t much you can do.. But then you ...

Despite the endgame being where many chess games are won or lost, many beginners overlook learning the phase, opting instead to study more glamorous aspects of chess, such as tactics, checkmating ...

The new franchise-based Global Chess League (GCL) ended surprisingly on Sunday in Dubai when Triveni Continental Kings, led by Levon Aronian of the US, defeated Upgrad Mumba Masters, headed by ...

Imagine you're in a thrilling game of chess with a friend. You bring all your pieces to the centre, threaten to capture the opponent's piece with a knight fork, and even create checkmate ideas by ...