The Indian Express

Arjun Erigaisi takes down Magnus Carlsen in tense blitz clash as World No 1 smashes fist on table again

As the Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi game in Round 9 of the FIDE World Blitz Championship reached its heart-stopping crescendo, even the official live stream froze. When it restarted a few seconds ...

World champion at 7 in her first international event; 'nervous' while meeting PM Modi: How Pragnika Lakshmi became a chess prodigy

Seven-year-old Pragnika Vaka Lakshmi, Under-7 Girls champion at the FIDE World Schools Chess Championship 2025, met PM ...
Inverse

A Strange Twist On Chess Makes For An Excellent Roguelike Strategy Game In Shotgun King

Shotgun King is a surprisingly clever strategy game that’s also a silly twist on chess. Punkcake Délicieux In Shotgun King, you play as a mad tyrant fighting to put down a rebellion in his dominion — ...
The Indian Express

Vishy Anand interview: World champion Gukesh’s results this year are no big deal; there’ll be some drama facing him in GCL

At a social event recently, current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju made his way to chess legend Viswanathan Anand and his son Akhil. After exchanging pleasantries with Anand’s son, Gukesh turned to ...
Philippine Daily Inquirer

SEA Games 2025: PH men’s chess team takes bronze in Makruk blitz

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine men’s chess team claimed a bronze medal in the Makruk Chess Blitz Men’s Team Event in the 33rd Southeast Asian Games on Wednesday evening at the Bazaar Hotel in ...
CNET

Duolingo Chess Players Soon Can Play Matches With Others

Android, it's your move. Language-learning app Duolingo announced Tuesday that it is launching its chess instruction to Android phones, three months after introducing the game to iOS devices. The ...
Fast Company

Exclusive: How Duolingo vibe coded its way to a hit chess game

Duolingo has been through a lot of changes over the past few years. What was once solely a language-learning app has grown into a social media marketing machine, a destination for math and music ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Beers by the Bay, a chess social club, celebrates first anniversary in Pacific Beach

It all began as a Reddit post, when two strangers started messaging about where to play chess. With each of them searching for a casual and social way to engage in their shared hobby, they decided to ...
PC Gamer

Cheating accusations and worse are tearing the chess world apart in the aftermath of a 29 year-old grandmaster's death—What is happening in the game of kings?

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earlier this week news broke of the death of Daniel 'Danya' Naroditsky, a 29 year-old chess ...
Orange County Register

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky is remembered as a leader in the game’s online surge

Daniel Naroditsky, a standard-bearer in the world of competitive chess that flourished in the COVID-19 pandemic, died Monday at the age of 29, leaving behind a legacy as one of the greats of the game ...
Los Angeles Times

California chess superstar Daniel Naroditsky, a grandmaster at 17, has died at age 29

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Charlotte Chess Center announced the death of 29-year-old chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky. Alan Kirshner, ...
New York Post

US chess superstar Daniel Naroditsky faced repeated, unproven accusations of cheating by Russian rival before his death at 29

: An American chess superstar who died at age 29 was engaged in a bitter feud with a rival player who accused him of cheating — and one of his final opponents accused the rival of being responsible ...