Magnus Carlsen recently faced a unique challenge, battling over 143,000 chess enthusiasts worldwide in a freestyle game hosted online. This marked the first time a reigning or former world ...

The world’s top-ranked chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has drawn an unprecedented game where he played against more than 143,000 players from around the world. The event set a new record for ...

In freestyle chess, the bishops, knights, rooks, queen and king are randomly shuffled around the board while the pawns remain in their usual spots. The format is popular because it allows players ...

The eighth edition of the Sharjah International Chess Masters Championship has achieved a historic milestone, attracting a record-breaking 350 male and female players from 60 countries. This marks the ...

Tania Sachdev, born on August 20, 1986, is an Indian chess player who has achieved the titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM). Her peak FIDE rating was 2443 in September 2013.

Béla Fleck is a famous American banjo player known for his unique contributions to bluegrass and jazz piano music. Born in New York, He began playing the banjo at age 15 and later combined piano ...

Streamer DrLupo was caught using a chess engine in the PogChamps influencer tournament. / DrLupo via Twitch; Chess.com The PogChamps influencer tournament is one of the most famous chess events ...

Freestyle chess is popular because it allows players to be more creative and avoid memorization. Team World votes on each move and each side has 24 hours to make their play. Carlsen is playing the ...

Carlsen, 34, has been the highest-rated chess player in the world for almost 14 years. In April 2004, when he was 13, he became the youngest grandmaster in the world at the time. The mega-match ...

World's top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has been forced into a draw in an unprecedented game where he played against more than 143,000 people from around the globe. According to chess.com ...

Major League Baseball on Tuesday removed Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson – two of the sport’s most famous players who were previously kicked out of baseball for gambling on the game ...

(As Njoroge puts it: “I had the first problem chess players face: I had no one to play with.”) To Njoroge’s surprise, it deepened their friendship. As he began to play chess with more ...