CHENNAI, (IANS) – A chess knight wearing a white shirt and dhoti, standing with folded hands welcoming the players and officials for the 44th Chess Olympiad is the mascot for the mega chess event. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flags of Iran and Israel behind pawns on the chessboard. Chess game. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK) The global chess body fined Iran ...

CHENNAI (ANI) – The history will be scripted as India is all set to host the biggest chess event in the world, the Chess Olympiad, for the first time ever. The 44th edition of the extravaganza will be ...

Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh has hit out at the sexism that she believes exists among chess fans and called for women to start getting “equal respect” in the game. Deshmukh won bronze at the ...

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 Olympiad in Budapest. Alongside the team triumphs, India also ...

The Georgian resort city of Batumi, located on the Black Sea near the Turkish border, will host the 43 Chess Olympiad. More than 1,600 players from 185 countries will compete in the bi-annual event, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Janelle Mae Frayna did a Houdini act in surviving Shania Mae Mendoza Wednesday that sealed her an Olympiad seat and pushed her closer from topping the Philippine National Women’s ...

FIDE has announced that Mohammed al-Mudahka, President of Qatar Chess Association (QCA) will oversee the next edition of the World Chess Olympiad to be held in September in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Al ...