India cements global chess dominance with 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad double victories

India cemented its dominance in the global chess arena by winning both the men’s and women’s team gold medals at the 45th FIDE Chess Olympia...

Filipino American, 11, makes history at world chess tournament

Filipino American Megan Paragua made history by clinching victory in both the Under-12 Rapid and Blitz Chess categories at the recent 2024 W...

Indian teen becomes youngest challenger for world chess title

Dommaraju Gukesh, 17, recently became the youngest-ever challenger for the World Chess Championship title. Key points: ...

8-year-old Indian boy becomes youngest ever to beat a chess grandmaster

At just 8 years and 6 months old, Ashwath Kaushik became the youngest player ever to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess. New chess risi...

Indian siblings become 1st brother and sister to achieve chess grandmaster title

Chess player Vaishali Rameshbabu earned her grandmaster (GM) title last week, making her the third Indian woman to earn the recognition and ...

Hundreds of Asian Games volunteers sift through mountains of trash to help girl find lost phone

Hundreds of volunteers at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, teamed up to sift through mountains of trash to help a 12-y...

10-year-old Filipino American to receive Woman FIDE Master chess title after tournament win

A 10-year-old Filipino American chess player placed first at the 33rd Pan-American Youth Chess Festival 2023 in the girls U12 (Under 12) cat...

Ding Liren makes history as China’s first men’s world chess champ

Ding Liren has made history by becoming China’s first men’s world chess champion.  The 30-year-old grandmaster defeated Russia&#...

Chess grandmaster demands ‘ban all Chinese,’ gets banned himself for racist rant

Chess grandmaster (GM) Baadur Jobava has been temporarily banned from Chess.com’s prize events after going on a racist rant upon losing to a...

Filipino chess legend Eugene Torre officially inducted into World Chess Hall of Fame

Filipino chess legend Eugene Torre, 70, was officially inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame on Oct. 5 at the St. Louis Aquarium at Un...

US’ Wesley So defeats chess world champ Magnus Carlsen to win Norway Tournament blitz event

Filipino American chess grandmaster and reigning U.S. chess champion Wesley So defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen after winning the bli...

16-year-old from India is youngest ever to defeat Magnus Carlsen during his World Chess Champion reign

Sixteen-year-old Indian chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, better known as Pragg, defeated Norwegian five-time World Chess Champi...

Asian Americans dominate 2021 US Chess Championships, Wesley So joins Bobby Fischer in successive-win club

The 2021 U.S. Chess Championship winners are Asian Americans Grandmaster Wesley So and International Master Carissa Yip. The Grandmaster: On...

Manny Pacquiao tests his chess skills against ‘10-year-old Magnus Carlsen’ in exhibition match

Manny Pacquiao can now add “up-and-coming chess player” to his ever-evolving resume after his recent match against a chess app. Valiant losi...

Abhimanyu Mishra, 12, makes history as youngest chess grandmaster in the world

A 12-year-old became the youngest grandmaster in the world and broke the chess record for the first time in 19 years in Budapest, Hungary. B...

Why Chess Genius Wesley So is Representing the US and Not the Philippines

Super Grandmaster Wesley So officially ended the hopes of those who wished to see him represent the Philippines again when he became a U.S. ...

The Black-and-White Jungle: How Chess Got Me Through My Parents’ Divorce

Editor’s Note: The following piece was chosen as a finalist in NextShark’s personal Essay Contest 2019. The views expressed in story are the...

Jennifer Yu Becomes the First Teen to Win U.S. Women’s Chess Championship in 19 Years

Rising chess star Jennifer Yu has just become the first teen to win the United States Women’s Chess Championships in nearly two decades. Th...

Indian Chess Star Boycotts Championship in Iran Because She Will Be Forced to Wear a Hijab

An Indian chess star has decided to pull out of an international championship event in Iran in protest against having to wear an Islamic hea...

12-Year-Old Forced to Quit Chess Tournament Because Her Dress Was Too ‘Seductive’

A 12-year-old girl was reportedly forced to withdraw from a local chess tournament in Malaysia after organizers deemed her clothes “improper...

Chinese Female Chess Grandmaster Throws Match to Protest Sexist Tournament

A top female chess grandmaster from China shocked the local chess community after she intentionally threw a match at a major event last Thur...