One of History's Most Enduring and Popular Games Joins the World's Largest Gaming and Esports Festival to Bring Competitive Chess to New Audiences As part of the partnership, the Champions Chess Tour ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia and NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Esports World Cup Foundation ("EWCF"), and Chess.com announced a multi-year partnership that will bring competitive online ...

Which, on the surface, is a fair critique. Anybody can craft a chessboard, play a show match, or hold a tournament, and not need permission or owe anybody royalties. A strong current of reliance on ...

NEW DELHI: The memories of 20-year-old Javokhir Sindarov sweeping past his challengers in the Candidates tournament were still raw when 30-year-old Russian Grandmaster Daniil Dubov ended up scoring a ...

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Esports World Cup chess competition in Riyadh. He emerged as the winner of Group B. Erigaisi defeated fellow Indian player ...

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 ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world's top-ranked grandmaster, has secured another victory, this time at the inaugural Esports Chess World Cup in Riyadh. Representing Team Liquid, Carlsen triumphed over Alireza ...

PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - Chess is getting ready to make its foray into Esports with teams recruiting top players ahead of this summer's Esports World Cup, hoping to attract new audiences as the ...

Team Liquid’s Magnus Carlsen had arrived at the Esports World Cup 2026 slightly unwell. His exhibition match against Giannis Antetokounmpo was cancelled, some of his media commitments struck off. But ...