Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, added another triumph to his illustrious career today when he won the Paris leg of the $3.75mn Freestyle Grand Slam by defeating his old rival and world No 2, the US’s ...

LONDON: Bodhana Sivanandan, a nine-year-old British Indian chess prodigy, has become the youngest sports star ever to represent England in an international sport. Bodhana, who lives in Harrow ...

The girls-only National Schools Chess Championships will be hosted by St Catherine's School in Bramley on Saturday and Sunday ...

Sportscategory· July 2, 2024 Chess-Nine-year-old Sivanandan to become youngest England international Nine-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan has become the youngest person selected to represent England ...

For years broadcasting executives have insisted that televised chess doesn’t work, and now Chess Masters: The Endgame is here to prove it. BBC bigwigs had their heads turned by the success of ...

Meanwhile, the game in England is preparing for harder times. The £500,000 DCMS grant for elite chess, launched by Rishi Sunak in 2023, runs out on 31 March and will not be renewed due to ...

Demis Hassabis's first love wasn't AI — it was chess. Decades before the Google ... he was a child chess prodigy playing for the England junior teams. In a lecture at the University of Cambridge ...

Comedian Sue Perkins has described chess as “hot” adding that the players on her new BBC series are “extraordinary”. Speaking on the podcast Dish, the 55-year-old former Bake Off presenter said she ...

CUMBRIA'S best chess players have faced off at the Cumbria Chess Championship 2025. The Cumbria Chess Championship took place at Burnside Cricket Club near Kendal between Friday, April 4 and Sunday, ...

Chess sets will be available on Saturday March 22 for all to play in cafes around York’s St Helen’s Square, as well as to challenge some of the strongest players in England or receive tuition ...

At school in England, I also played chess. There you have to be very proactive, always looking at what your opponent might do. I liked that." Musiala spent most of his childhood in England ...

After interacting with chess computers, Hassabis went on to experiment ... he was a child chess prodigy playing for the England junior teams. In a lecture at the University of Cambridge, Hassabis ...