A Brooklyn teenager, Jessica Hyatt, has made history by becoming the highest-rated African American female chess player.

Nigerian chess master and founder of the Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has commenced another attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon.Gift of Chess, a New ...

Dommaraju unseated China's Ding Liren to become the new world chess champion. "Every chess player wants to experience this moment, and very few get the chance," Dommaraju said after the match.

Nigerian chess champion Tunde Onakoya met President Tinubu, showcasing his Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Tinubu praised Onakoya's work uplifting underserved children ...

His triumph also broke a decades-old record set by Garry Kasparov, who had been the youngest world champion at 22 in 1985. The Rise of a Chess Prodigy. Born on May 29, 2006, in Chennai to a Telugu ...

Gukesh broke into tears upon winning the final match against Ding last week, becoming the youngest world champion by more than four years. The record was previously held by chess legend Garry ...

Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world chess champion Thursday when he beat champion Ding Liren in the final match of the World Chess Championship in Singapore. The 18-year-old phenom, who ...

Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, became the youngest chess world champion when he unseated China's Ding Liren at the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore Thursday. The Indian prodigy broke a record set ...

Should he triumph in Singapore, he will become India’s second world chess champion after Viswanathan Anand. Ding competes against Gukesh during the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in the Netherlands ...

Norwegian chess legend Magnus Carlsen played against 143,000 players from all over the world in a 46-day online freestyle match that ended in a draw. Content Skip to Main Content Accessibility Help ...