Doing things online comes with safety concerns. Chess is no different. Therefore, some common online safety advice applies to chess players of all ages: Use a fake username rather than your real name.

NEW YORK (AP) — Websites showing moves almost as they occur at the World Chess Championship can continue to do so over the objections of the tournament organizers, a judge ruled Thursday, a day before ...

Hans Niemann, pictured playing chess in St. Louis on September 11, has been accused of cheating by five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen. Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour Teenage chess grandmaster ...

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen makes a move against and opponent in an opening game at the London Chess Classic. Getty Images In a surprise gambit, the organizers of the World Chess Championship ...

In the eyes of the world's top chess player, 19-year-old chess grandmaster Hans Niemann is a cheater. The world's top chess website apparently agrees. An investigation conducted by Chess.com into the ...

A 72-page report from an online chess server found Hans Niemann likely cheated in more than 100 online matches as recently as 2020. The Chess.com report was released Tuesday after the chess world had ...

Russia has banned one of the world’s largest chess websites over its support for Ukraine. Chess.com announced on Sunday it was banned by Roskomnadzor, a Russian technology regulation agency known for ...

An 8-year-old chess prodigy made history as the youngest player to defeat a chess grandmaster. The boy, Aswath Kaushik, beat Jacek Stopa at a chess tournament in Switzerland. Kaushik, who was born in ...