Chess is joining the 2025 Esports World Cup next summer with an incredible $1.5M prize pool, and legendary Grand Master Magnus Carlsen will serve as the game’s ambassador. The Esports World Cup is adding one […]
Professional chess player and streamer GM Hikaru Nakamura revealed he turned down a massive amount of money to broadcast gambling content. GM Hikaru shocked the streaming and chess worlds in 2023 when he signed to […]
5X World Champion chess player, Magnus Carlsen, officially launched a new app that highlights real-life games and gives fans a way to discuss their methods with each other. On Friday, October 25, Grandmaster chess player, […]
Controversial Chess Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik was banned from online Chess.com competition after publically accusing one of his opponents of cheating. He responded by calling for Hikaru Nakamura to receive a suspension as well. Kramnik placed […]
Cheating in Chess has been a hot topic thanks to high-profile accusations from top players. Ilya Merenzon, the CEO of World Chess, explained to Dexerto the most common ways players cheat. Cheating in over-the-board chess […]
Chess Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik said in an interview with Dexerto that he believes it’s more likely GM and streamer Hikaru Nakamura has cheated in games than Hans Niemann. Niemann was accused of cheating in an […]
In an interview on the New in Chess magazine podcast, Chess legend Judit Polgar said women’s titles should be abolished, arguing that it would benefit all players. There are four titles that only women can […]
Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlson will soon face off in a long-awaited rematch, so here is everything you need to know about how and when to watch the upcoming Speed Chess Finals showdown. The rivalry […]
iStockphoto Scientists developed a computer made from DNA that can solve simple chess and Sudoku puzzles, and some day could help advance the training of artificial intelligence models. The potential advantages of a computer made […]
Jeremy Gan ❘ Published: 2024-08-22T03:55:27 An amateur chess player was kicked from a Dutch tournament after being caught hiding a phone in his sock, beating several players who were higher rated than him. […]
Hans Niemann has promised “vengeance” against Magnus Carlsen in an upcoming cheese match. The two are set to clash again years after the cheating scandal that launched the two into infamy. Niemann and Carlsen have […]
American Grandmaster Ben Finegold challenged YouTuber Levy ‘GothamChess’ Rozman on his stream, stating he would “embarrass” the creator in a chess matchup. GothamChess has been posting videos and content about his renewed goal to earn […]
Hold on to your butts, Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone are re-teaming for the new movie Checkmate, according to the Hollywood Reporter. It’s an adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s upcoming non-fiction book of the same name, which dives […]
iStockphoto Do you believe in telepathy? How about telekinesis? What about “The Force?” You might now after a paralyzed patient was live-streamed playing chess using nothing but his brain thanks to Elon Musk’s controversial, yet […]
HOLLYWOOD star Woody Harrelson puts his head in his hands as he plays chess at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. The No Country For Old Men actor volunteered with a local charity at the category B prison […]
Michael Gwilliam ❘ Published: 2023-03-15T21:14:10 ❘ Updated: 2023-03-15T21:14:21 Alexandra and Andrea Botez are putting GM Hikaru Nakamura on blast after he claimed they would never win anything when it comes to […]
Alec Mullins ❘ Published: 2023-02-26T01:11:22 ❘ Updated: 2023-02-26T01:11:30 Felix ‘xQc’ Lengyel was playing a rank guessing game on stream and was fooled into roasting his own gameplay before he realized what […]
Louis Vuitton has done the impossible — getting two soccer G.O.A.T.s to play nice off the pitch … doing so with a nice and quiet classic board game. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both […]
It’s not very often that a story running through the chess world makes it into the mainstream, but the playing practices of 19-year-old chess grandmaster Hans Niemann have done just that. In case you don’t […]
I love Marvel Snap for one very specific reason: the games are short. I’m a lover of collectible card games — Magic: The Gathering, specifically. But I know when I sit down to play a […]