News
Hans Niemann resolves $100m lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com out of court
Niemann will be allowed to take place in tournaments, while Hikaru Nakamura continues to stir the pot.
Chess Feed
News
Trans women banned from competing in FIDE women’s chess tournaments
Regulations labelled “discriminatory” by chess official.
How To
How to play chess for beginners: rules, moves and setup
Learn how to play chess using our beginner’s guide, from basic rules to en passant and castling.
News
Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating in public statement
Carlsen makes no mention of evidence, wi-fi enabled or otherwise.
News
Cheating allegations, grudges and anal beads: Why the chess world can’t stop talking about Carlsen v. Niemann
A grandmaster chess player's resignation after a single move has lit the online chess community aflame.
News
Not Chess remixes classic chess into a party game with zombies, teleportation and a sniper rifle queen
'Expansion' adds 90 ridiculous powers - and doesn't play anything like chess.
News
12-year-old becomes youngest-ever chess grandmaster, breaking Sergey Karjakin’s 19-year record
Abhimanyu Mishra earns chess’ top title at age of 12 years, four months and 25 days.
News
Garry Kasparov and other chess experts will teach aspiring grandmasters how to play with new online platform
Start from square one.
Opinion
The Chess Effect: How The Queen’s Gambit turned me into a chess obsessive
What a feeling, when we’re castling on the ceiling.
News
The Queen’s Gambit has caused a massive spike in chess sales
On top of a resurgence during lockdown.
News
Video chat app Backyard comes with clones of Codenames, Cards Against Humanity and other board games
With games inspired by Secret Hitler, One Night Werewolf and Fish Bowl on the way.
News
Watch Wu-Tang Clan rappers RZA and GZA play chess against a grandmaster for charity
Hip-hop stars faced US Hall of Famer Maurice Ashley and streamers IAmBrandon and Nate Hill.
Opinion
Board games form human connections in a world that increasingly seeks to sever them
Check mates.