The May 2025 FIDE chess rankings reveal significant shifts in both men's and women's top 10 lists. Magnus Carlsen maintains ...

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Humpy, who regained the women's World Rapid Chess Championship after a gap of five years in ... With this win, Humpy ...

Despite empowerment initiatives, women in chess lag globally ... Women’s world No. 1 Hou Yifan can maintain her rating and ranking without playing much. And reigning women’s world champion ...

The 34-year-old Chinese GM became only the fourth player in history to win the Women’s World Chess Championship five times ...

Koneru Humpy wins the Pune Grand Prix, her eighth title, surpassing Hou Yifan. She and Zhu Jiner tie on points; Humpy claims gold on tiebreaks. Bengaluru: Koneru Humpy arrived for the final round ...

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam preliminary stage wrapped up in Paris. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen led with 8.5 points each. Nepomniachtchi secured the top spot via tiebreaks. Maxime ...

"Hola, ajedrez" means "Hello, chess" in Spanish. You've always been able to learn Spanish on Duolingo. And you'll be able to learn and practice chess on the language learning app soon. Duolingo ...

Last week, the artist Oscar Yi Hou was admiring a 3D self-portrait by Juliana Huxtable. The piece hadn’t yet been hung—it rested on the floor, still wrapped in plastic—but Huxtable’s ...

Stella Yifan Xie was a Hong Kong-based reporter for The Wall Street Journal covering the Chinese economy. Previously, she reported on capital markets and finance topics in China from both Shanghai ...

In chess, as in life, you are bound to make some mistakes. That was the message Ed Bourgeois, access and outreach coordinator for the Minnesota State Chess Association, had for 32 inmates at the ...