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

Image Credit: Judit Polgár (Image: Netflix) In 1989, a 12-year-old girl from Hungary made chess history. Judit Polgár became the No. 1 female chess player in the world. She achieved that title by ...

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

Julia Gale is one of the co-founders of Beers by the Bay Chess & Social, a social club started with co-founders Mark Laturno and Aidan Ryan in 2024. It works just like the name says—they meet up each ...

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

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 ...

JANELLE MAE FRAYNA’S ascension back to the top is now done for. It was completed on Wednesday night via her magnificent conquest of the Philippine National Women’s Chess Championship in Malolos, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Janelle Mae Frayna completed her return to the top after reigning supreme in the Philippine National ...

Indian chess legend Koneru Humpy will play Norway Chess Women for the third time from May 25 to June 5 in Oslo, expressing excitement about the competition and atmosphere. A trailblazer, she became ...

For over a century, chess has had more than 1,700 Grandmasters, yet not one has been a Black woman. Chess Is for Black Girls is on a mission to change that by increasing representation and access for ...

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 ...