The chess prodigy's rise to stardom unfolds in director Rory Kennedy's new film 'Queen of Chess' ...

India, Feb. 6 -- If The Queens Gambit instilled in you the idea of a solitary genius girl breaking down male chess dominance ...

Nona Gaprindashvili became the first woman Grandmaster in 1978 and a dominant world champion. The Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit mentioned her but inaccurately claimed she had never faced men.

Norway Chess 2026 will take place in Oslo from May 25 to June 5, featuring elite men’s and women’s tournaments with equal ...

Chinese Grandmaster Zhu Jiner will debut at Norway Chess Women 2026 in Oslo and said she is honoured and excited to compete.

She dethrones woman grandmaster Gong Qianyun, who has won the event 10 times in a row and 11 times in all. Read more at ...

Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton. “Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to women that is awarded by ...

The Philippine National Women’s Chess Championship is fast shaping up as a two-way race between Janelle Mae Frayna and Ruelle ...

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - A Hungarian native woman is trying to set a world record by playing 326 games of chess simultaneously in Palm Beach Gardens. Chessmaster Susan Polgar who now lives in New ...

Follow the latest chess news and updates only on ESPN.com. Checkout the videos, features & articles on chess tournaments, interviews, championships & more.

A couple of years ago, a kind man taught me to play chess, a redo of the very early attempt by my father to teach me when I ...