The 13th World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov was warned by U.S. authorities this summer that he was the target of a plot to kill him and was placed under special protection, according to Spanish newspaper El Mundo, citing a source close to the for...
British chess sensation FM Bodhana Sivanandan has made history again. The 11-year-old completed the requirements for the Woman Grandmaster title at the 46th Women's Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, becoming the youngest player ever to do s...
The 12th edition of GM Judit Polgar's traditional annual Global Chess Festival was staged on September 26 in the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest. Judit took on five different communities in a simultaneous display, scoring 3.5-1.5, with three ...
GM Wesley So won Titled Tuesday on September 29, starting 7/7 on his way to a 9.5-point total. That score was enough for an outright victory after the top three boards in the final round, including his own, all ended in draws. One of the…