Chess has long since transcended the confines of gyms and amateur clubs. Today, online platforms with hundreds of millions of ...

Alireza Firouzja outlasted world champion D Gukesh in 69 moves at the Chennai Grand Masters. The win gave the French ...

The international governing body for chess on Friday suspended former world champion Vladimir Kramnik for at least a year after he leveled unproven allegations of cheating against fellow players, ...

She sits down with Alexandra Kosteniuk, a former Women’s World Chess Champion, during the Freestyle World Chess Championship and challenges her to a 3+2 freestyle game. With no normal opening theory ...

Arkady Dvorkovich, the Russian president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), said on Friday he was suspending his activity with the organisation after being placed on the latest European ...

Troy, N.Y.,’s Victorian-era charms include brownstones, cast-iron storefronts and dozens of Tiffany stained-glass windows in churches. But the city also has a 21st-century problem. Some residents say ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout rounds are underway, and the round of 32 welcomes Australia and Egypt in a battle for a place in the round of 16. The two sides are on the hunt for their first-ever ...

Floyd Mayweather's exhibition fight against Mike Zambidis in Greece on Saturday has been called off, according to federal court records filed Thursday. The fight had been in question after CSI, an ...

For years, the game of chess has been seen as a litmus test for how far AI can go against the human intellect. When IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer beat reigning Chess world champion Garry Kasparov in ...

Brazil and Japan meet in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Round of 32 match on Monday, June 29, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET from Houston Stadium. Brazil topped Group C with a 2-1-0 record across three matches, ...

Brazil are healthy -144 favorites in the World Cup odds to win their face-off vs. Japan in Houston. Yet the +425 Asian underdogs can do better than expected, and I back them to avoid defeat in a ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United ...