WASHINGTON — Bodhana Sivanandan, a 10-year-old from London, has made history at the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool, becoming the youngest female player ever to beat a chess grandmaster.

Sklokin, who holds the title of FIDE Master, played with white pieces and pushed Gukesh into time trouble, thus inducing a ...

Gukesh, a poker-faced, lanky teen, belongs to the latest crop of chess wizards that the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has churned out in the last decade. The state is home to 31 grandmasters out ...

Bulgarian chess prodigy Ivan Kukushkin has made a bold statement after securing his second victory in as many games against an International Master at the 2025 Grenke Chess Freestyle Open. This comes ...

The shocking blunder that decided a tense world championship match didn’t come until Game 14’s Move 55, but one got the sense that the defending Chinese champion GM Ding Liren had psychologically ...

Dozens of chess enthusiasts gathered Saturday at the Jackson County Library Services Phoenix branch for a free holiday chess ...

Marc’andria Maurizzi’s last-gasp win helps Triveni Continental Kings edge Fyers American Gambits 8–7 on Matchday 7 of the Global Chess League 2025, staying top of the table.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. There’s nothing like a good chess match to heat up a Cold War. On July 11, 1972, the World Chess Championship opened as ...