The league’s reigning Rookie of the Year, Victor Wembanyama, paid a surprise visit to the chess boards of Washington Square ...

This installation features a concrete chess ... board. Those colors (of the flags), by the way, are usually shared by several countries, so we see them in different combinations, with different ...

NBA player Victor Wembanyama has played an impromptu series of chess matches in a New York park. The 221cm tall Frenchman put out a call on social media for fans to meet him at Chess Plaza, and ...

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen dropped out of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Dec. 27 after refusing to ditch his denim as "a matter of principle" Misha Friedman/Getty World ...

However, resident Ruth Rice said she thought the idea was 'really lovely' and said she would like to see more chess boards in car parks. She said: 'I spotted it and thought, 'that looks really ...

At his age, Gukesh is the youngest player in history to compete in the World Championship and he is looking to surpass Garry Kasparov as the youngest undisputed world chess champion.

China's chess grandmaster Ding Liren (right ... Ding, 32, took control of the board early on after making the first move and dominated his opponent throughout. With the champion building a ...

In 2021, the six or seven friends, all in their early 20s, started taking their chess boards to their hangout spots in Sultan Gate a couple of times a month, attracting curious passers-by.

Hungry for in-person interaction, Gen Z and millennial players are joining old-fashioned chess, mahjong and backgammon groups. A meeting of the Rummikubers club in the Williamsburg section of ...