Gukesh Dommaraju, an 18-year-old chess grandmaster, recently dethroned reigning world champion Ding Liren to claim the title of 2024 World Chess Champion. This remarkable achievement shows not only ...
Daniel Naroditsky, a standard-bearer in the world of competitive chess that flourished in the COVID-19 pandemic, died Monday at the age of 29, leaving behind a legacy as one of the greats of the game ...
Last November, in round eight of the Arab Women’s Chess Championship, Abu Dhabi-raised chess player Rouda Alserkal had a realization. If she won the match, she’d earn enough points to be named a Woman ...
A 10-year-old chess prodigy has made history as the youngest female player ever to defeat a grandmaster, which is the highest distinction any chess player can earn. Bodhana Sivanandan earned the ...
Checkmate, the Media Chess Club, welcomed a grandmaster chess champion on Tuesday night. Three-time U.S. Champion International Grandmaster Larry Christiansen visited Christiansen the group for an ...
Did online accusations of cheating by a former Russian world chess champion lead to the death of a 29-year-old American grandmaster? Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik is being investigated over ...
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How chess helped me understand grief

Perhaps it was his death that brought me back. A chessboard became the only place where I could still be near him. This time I stayed. In fact, when the pandemic washed ashore, the chessboard was my ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A chess phenom from North Carolina died unexpectedly at 29 years old, his club announced on Monday. Daniel Naroditsky, a grandmaster from the Charlotte Chess Center, ...
Peter Giannatos, a close friend of the chess star, tells PEOPLE about his friendship with Naroditsky and the final days before his death in October Daniel Naroditsky, a chess grandmaster and ...
Indian Grandmaster Wins Second Leg of the Grand Chess Tour; Takes Home $77,667 Prize In a thrilling playoff finale, Indian Grandmaster (GM) Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu emerged victorious as the 2025 ...