A Dutchman, he was considered the best player outside the Soviet Union for two decades, although he described himself as ...

While analysing the poor form of D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa, Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay delivered a bitter reality check ...

Los Angeles is just better when the Lakers are rolling. The city feels more alive. The lights get brighter. The stars come out. The crowd is electric, like a power grid before a thunderstorm. And ...

The former US women’s champion Jennifer Shahade changed her life and her sport when she made allegations against a grandmaster. Now, she tells Donald McRae, she has turned her hand to writing and poke ...

Twenty-one-year-old Trisha Kanyamarala became the first Irish woman to be awarded the title of woman grandmaster (WGM) in chess, following her high standard of play at the London Chess Classic ...

Five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand says he believes Australia could be on the verge of becoming a proud chess nation.

The Asian Film Awards Academy has unveiled three special awards for the 19th Asian Film Awards. Zhang Ziyi will receive the ...

THE Easter school holidays are fast approaching and if you are thinking of a getaway for those two weeks, you are not too late to snap up a great offer. Whether you want to head on a city break or ...

Maidenhead’s Matthew Wadsworth continues to enhance his reputation on the international stage. Having secured the Grandmaster title, the highest award conferred by the world governing body FIDE, by ...

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is “safe” despite reports that he was injured by a U.S. attack. Nonetheless, he ...

The youngest ever global title holder has had a hard time this year, but hopes for better in May, when he meets Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess at Oslo, and in the autumn, when he defends his crown ...