The wildly popular video drama series The Queen's Gambit has created a tsunami of interest in the game of chess. And New Brunswick has definitely caught the wave. A beacon of the provincial chess ...

Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh played out a draw in 41 moves in game 1 of the Women's Chess World Cup in Batumi, Georgia.

Indian final ensures her a spot at Candidates 2026, whose winner will get to challenge the reigning chess world champion ...

The new Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, about a young female chess prodigy in the 1950s and 1960s, has generated the most buzz about the game that the Calgary Chess Club has seen in five decades.

Koneru Humpy vs Divya Deshmukh, Women's Chess World Cup Final 2025 Live: The highly anticipated Game 1 of FIDE Women’s Chess ...

Son Ari, 16 left, and daughter Taleen, 14 right, enjoy a game of chess in their backyard after being turned onto the game by their mother Tamar Sahakian, right, at their Toronto home on Nov. 18, 2020.

A famous chess club in a slum of Uganda's capital that became the focus of the Hollywood movie Queen of Katwe is still producing champions - but faces a daily struggle to survive.

An original puzzle game inspired by chess. Control a lonely Queen with shapeshifting abilities and defeat the enemy army. Move wisely, explore the wormholes on the board, take the enemy shape and ...

Fri, Apr 7: The game of chess turns one young girl's life of despair into one of hope and prosperity. As Angie Seth reports, Phiona Mutesi is now the hope for thousands of girls around the world ...

Divya Deshmukh defeats Humpy to win FIDE Women’s World Cup, becomes first Indian woman to clinch title and earn GM title.

Divya Deshmukh has defeated compatriot Kaneru Humpy in the final of the FIDE Women’s World Cup. Deshmukh won the title after ...

The Queen's Gambit has led to a huge interest in chess among people who didn't previously play or were perhaps novices, said McKim. A Fredericton game seller backed up that observation.