New In Chess (NIC) is a chess magazine that appears eight times a year with chief editors Grandmaster Jan Timman and Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam. It began...

The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Ding Liren, who defeated his opponent Ian...

Chess is a board game for two players. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi...

The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player...

notation to describe chess moves. Fischer random chess, also known as Chess960 ('chess nine-sixty'), is a variation of the game of chess invented by the former...

This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order. Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin. For...

World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had...

how the game should be played in each of these phases, especially the opening and endgame. Those who write about chess theory, who are often also eminent...

Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to...

Several methods have been suggested for comparing the greatest chess players in history. There is agreement on a statistical system to rate the strengths...

A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Such titles are usually granted...

In chess, promotion is the replacement of a pawn with a new piece when the pawn is moved to its last rank. The player replaces the pawn immediately with...

Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website. One of the largest chess platforms in the world, the site has a freemium model in...

The world records in chess listed here are achieved in organized tournament, match, or simultaneous exhibition play. This article uses algebraic notation...

American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964...

November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, the reigning five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning...

American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy,...

In chess, there is a consensus among players and theorists that the player who makes the first move (White) has an inherent advantage, albeit not one large...

A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by...

open-source chess engine, available for various desktop and mobile platforms. It can be used in chess software through the Universal Chess Interface. Stockfish...

The World Chess Championship 2026 will be a chess match to determine the new World Chess Champion. It will be played between the defending champion (the...

a draw In chess, there are a number of ways that a game can end in a draw, neither player winning. Draws are codified by various rules of chess including...

notation is the standard method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify each...

organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. FIDE...

The 45th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23...

Castling is a move in chess. It consists of moving the king two squares toward a rook on the same rank and then moving the rook to the square that the...

A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one...

Cheating in chess is a deliberate violation of the rules of chess or other behaviour that is intended to give an unfair advantage to a player or team....

Chess has risen in popularity in India in the last few decades primarily due to chess Grandmaster and former 5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand....

The World Chess Championship 2024, officially known as the World Chess Championship 2024 presented by Google for sponsorship reasons, will be a match between...