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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

"Chess is the least telegenic thing ever," said The Guardian, and BBC Two’s new elimination game show "Chess Masters: The Endgame" is "so dull it's almost unwatchable". Host Sue Perkins does her ...

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 ...

An 11-year-old who broke his arm playing football two years ago used his injury to find a new "obsession" - chess. Charlie, from Whitchurch Hill in south Oxfordshire, was introduced to the game by ...

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 ...

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 ...