Bulgarian chess streamer Volen “Witty Alien” Dyulgerov beat Magnus Carlsen in a five-minute blitz game at the Chess Club Showdown and celebrated by tearing his pants off on stream.

When you need a couple of on-camera ambassadors for the game of chess, you won’t do better than the Botez sisters. Alexandra, 29, and Andrea, 23, have been playing since they were barely out of ...

One day in May, chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura was watching the last two moves of Felix “xQc” Lengyel’s online chess game. Ever-patient, Nakamura had been mentoring Lengyel, a top Twitch streamer ...

GMHikaru is not just another chess grandmaster. He’s the online personality who turned a traditional board game into a live?streamed spectacle for millions of young viewers, especially in the United ...

A strange rule ahead of the Speed Chess Championship Finals has put GothamChess (Levy Rozman) in the spotlight. The popular chess streamers' book, How to Win at Chess, is not allowed inside the event ...

Twitch has seen quite the evolution in the years following its founding. The platform has become one of the most popular places to stream games, drawing in millions of viewers from around the world ...

The FIDE 2024 World Chess Championship has been the most accessible worlds ever. There are live streams popping off across the internet with chess streamers running analysis, live commentary and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though many industries suffered in 2020 as a result of lockdowns and quarantine orders nationwide, others capitalized on the shift ...

Sometimes it’s the small sprinkles of strangeness that stand out the most. If you had told me several years ago that 2020 would bring daily disasters of incomprehensible consequence, I probably would ...

Which would you rather do in front of a massive audience: lose a board game, or get knocked unconscious? If you’re down for either, you can always accept a chessboxing challenge. YouTuber Ludwig ...

The ancient game of chess is one steeped in tradition, with a history dating back centuries. It was once a game purely of endurance, a test of patience with titanic battles often taking days to find a ...