The first machine had a vertical board. Of course, it couldn’t play a full game of chess. The machine always played white with a king and rook in a fixed position. The human’s lone black king ...

On 23 February, the Cyprus Open Chess Championship ended in Nicosia. It was attended by 90 players, 52 of whom were juniors. Chess is becoming more and more popular in Cyprus and its national team is ...

But Keymer and the others also want to continue playing for the world title in classical chess. "Of course, that would have been a big issue for me if I had to choose between the FIDE tournaments ...

"The 10th anniversary of the Grand Chess Tour is a testament to a decade ... recently increased prize purse of $1.6 million over the course of the 2025 season. The prize fund for each of the ...