“About ten people specialize in carving knights for World Chess sets, Merenzon said. It takes about two weeks to produce 100 sets, with a set of knights requiring six hours to carve, he said.” I read ...

India is expected to host the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 at the end of this year. The last premier international chess event hosted by India was back in 2022.

The Tata Steel Chess, which will be Gukesh Dommaraju’s first event since being crowned world champion in Singapore, gets underway in the Dutch town of Wijk aan Zee on Friday.

Mudahka, President of the Qatar Chess Federation (QCF), expressed pride in Qatar’s achievement of securing the hosting rights ...