Chess for the masses ... "We want to reach a whole new target group. People aren't interested in all the rules," Buettner says. But the rules have been the subject of much controversy in recent ...

There was triple delight for Wadifa, who not only won the women’s championship but also earned the status of a Women’s ...

Forty years ago, one of the longest and most controversial chess matches in history came to an abrupt end. The 1984-85 World Chess Championship between defending champion Anatoly Karpov and ...

(CNN) — Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion ...