Humans have always been playful. But for much of our history, play has left little trace. Unlike tools or bones, games rarely ...

Immediately after D Gukesh became the youngest challenger to the World Championship throne in Toronto in April 2024, Garry ...

The winner of the Candidates Tournament, a 20-year-old Uzbek, relies on his intuition and computers, and has not studied the ...

When most people think of chess, they picture elderly gentlemen hunched over boards in the park, contemplating their next ...

Gukesh vs Sindarov will be the youngest classical chess World Championship match in history, with a combined age of 39.

Remember Opening Week, when there was a mild freakout because Luis Arraez started the season 0-for-13 over his first two-plus ...

On a cold November afternoon in 1844, players in Washington opened a chess game in the old, familiar way, with a pawn pushed ...

The FIFA World Cup has grown from a 13-team tournament in 1930 into a global event. The competition has evolved in format, scale and global impact over nearly a century. The 2026 World Cup in North ...

In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician ...