Only 1% of the top 100 chess players in the world are women, and they are underrepresented in local chess programs as well.

If you imagine somebody playing chess against the computer, you’ll likely be visualizing them staring at their monitor in deep thought, mouse in hand, ready to drag their digital pawn into play.

BARGAIN-hunting Dan Ferrier bought a second-hand chess set at his local pawn shop. “When I got it home,” says Dan, “I discovered that a piece was missing. It was one of those wee fellas who stand ...

With his victory in the final classical game of his 14 game Match against Ding Liren, Gukesh smoothly transitioned from Youngest Challenger to the 18 th World Chess ... He shook hands with his ...

The English Chess Federation (ECF ... women have inferior brains than men then you are no feminist, you are a pawn of the patriarchy”. Arion McNicoll is a freelance writer at The Week Digital ...