Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been one of two top-ranked US players for more than a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of ...

Game 4 of the World Chess Championship in London began with a fitting surprise: the “English Opening.” Magnus Carlsen of Norway, the three-time defending world champion and world No. 1, began the game ...

U.S. Grandmaster and beloved chess commentator Daniel Naroditsky has tragically passed away at the age of 29. Known for his strong playing skills and warm online teaching style, his sudden death has ...

American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky has died at age 29, with the cause undisclosed. Known for his talent as a player, commentator, and educator, Naroditsky's passing has prompted questions ...

Chess is a centuries-old game that’s enjoying new popularity with young people. The renewed interest has created demand for more online content, and international chess master and commentator Levy ...

US chess grandmaster and popular YouTube chess commentator Daniel Naroditsky has died aged 29. The chess player's family announced his "unexpected" death in a statement released by his club, the ...

Chess is booming. A heady cocktail of Queen’s Gambit mania, pandemic boredom, and Twitch streaming has given the ancient board game more visibility than it’s had in a long, long time. It’s been half a ...

He sacrificed his grandmaster dreams to become one of the game’s most popular personalities. Levy RozmanCredit...Chris Buck for The New York Times Supported by By Reid Forgrave “Ladies and gentlemen!” ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. When Covid-19 sent people home in early 2020, the computer scientist Tom Zahavy rediscovered chess. He had played as a kid and had ...

The Botez sisters say the series surprisingly depicts much of chess tournaments and culture of the sport accurately, including the nerves, the studying, and the intense focus. Of course, there is the ...

When Covid-19 sent people home in early 2020, the computer scientist Tom Zahavy rediscovered chess. He had played as a kid and had recently read Garry Kasparov’s Deep Thinking, a memoir of the ...

Even by the standards of chess prodigies, Hou Yifan stood out. It wasn’t so much the way she played the game—dynamically but not dazzlingly, with an aggressive but flexible style. It was that she was ...