She is one of Iran's top chess players who made headlines around the world when she went into exile for refusing to wear a headscarf at the 2022 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships.
Now, in the International Women's Day edition of Elle...
Eight women have accused GM Alejandro Ramirez of wrongdoing in an article published by The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. In the newspaper, the women claim that Ramirez used his status in chess to put himself in positions of influence and make re...
It's the moment the chess world has been holding its breath for—Magnus Carlsen's last major outing as world champion. And it will come at the 2023 Chessable Masters.
Chess.com’s $2 million Champions Chess Tour will return with the la...
GM Alejandro Ramirez announced his resignation on Monday from the Saint Louis Chess Club and will no longer coach the Saint Louis University chess team.
On February 15, WGM Jennifer Shahade reported on Twitter that Ramirez assaulted her twice an...
Chess history approaches the end of an era as GM Magnus Carlsen, for the first time since 2013, will soon no longer be the world champion. He played what is expected to be his final classical game while holding the title on Sunday, March 5.…
On Saturday, top GMs Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura as well as WGM Jennifer Shahade took part in a panel discussion at the MIT Sloan School of Management's annual Sports Analytics Conference in Boston. The three talked about the further growt...
On Friday, Team MGD1 gained their second victory in a row, defeating the California Unicorns in week three of the Pro Chess League. Though the match started out very close, GM Adhiban Baskaran's 4-0 performance combined with solid support from the...
March Madness is here! Did you miss the start of the Collegiate Chess League (CCL), or want to relive the best moments so far? We’ve got you covered with this CCL mid-season recap:
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Back in January, we proclaimed a new chess boom that was so big it was troubling our servers. Thankfully, those problems have been fixed now.
But if you thought that sudden wave of interest in the game would pass, or it was perhaps just a…
In the match against the formidable Shanghai Tigers, the Gotham Knights showcased the most dominant victory so far in this season of the Pro Chess League. In the second match, the Croatia Bulldogs overcame the Blitz in a toe-to-toe tug-of-war stru...