The National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship at Sarla Birla University in Ranchi saw over 400 players compete. Abhimanyu ...

Chess.com and Charlotte Chess Center Foundation announce Naroidtsky Memorial Rapid and Blitz event to honour the late Daniel Naroditsky.

Women content creators are helping chess shake its image as an "old man's game" and bring it into the digital age.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers. On Friday, Carlsen walked ...

The sound of ticking clocks and focused minds filled the room as young learners and experienced players competed in the ...

Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been the top ranked US player for over a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of online blitz ...

It was a mixed day for India to start the World Blitz Championship as Rameshbabu Vaishali dominated the women's section to lead the standings after day 1 but no Indian man qualified for the knockout ...

For the first time in World Blitz Championship history, the open section has two champions after Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agreed to a draw after tiebreakers in the final with the score at ...

Speed chess continues to gain status as a competition format in its own right, even for a tournament starting on Christmas Day. Some 250 top players, led by the No1, Magnus Carlsen, are expected next ...

An eight-year-old British schoolgirl “phenomenon” won the women’s first prize in the Blitz category at this year’s European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Zagreb, Croatia. The “super talented” ...