Black to move and win Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan won the open division of the Candidates Tournament in historic fashion ...

Military strategists use game theory to evaluate possible strategies—but there are limits to what this approach to ...

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

The Mediterranean shores of Cyprus were on a high tide this Wednesday as some of the best female chess masters in the world ...

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India's R Vaishali on Wednesday won the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2026, earning her the chance to compete for the ...

Twenty-year old sensation Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan has run away with the Candidates Tournament, which determines the ...

A round-robin format like the Candidates was always going to have a fair share of surprises for every player, and India’s Vaishali Rameshba.

One remarkable outcome of the intellectual exchanges with students is the realization that global politics is a high-stakes ...