The app I use to play bullet chess is absurdly fast — it couldn’t work any other way — and the speed required of the game is why it is almost exclusively played online. Moves are calculated ...

But he was seen as the outside challenger going into the final round of the FIDE World Chess Championship, held in Singapore this year. Playing on black, Dommaraju won the game after Ding ...

"When it’s fast chess, then just look for a good move ... the chance to hone their skills against some of the best in the game. Rayyan, 14, is feeling nervous ahead of his match against a ...

The 2024 World Championship of chess has so far witnessed eight draws with both players winning two matches each. Guksh won Games 3 and 11, while Ding emerged victorious in Game 1 and Game 12.

It was the kind of match from which football commentators have lifted the phrase "this is a tactical chess match of a game" in that both Ding's and Gukesh's defenses held their ground superbly and ...

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh celebrates after being crowned the youngest chess world champion ever at the end of Game 14 of the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore. Image credit: Eng Chin ...