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

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 ...

Real head into the second leg at the Bernabeu with a three-goal deficit to overturn after Declan Rice led Arsenal to an ...

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 ...

World number one Magnus Carlsen and world number two Hikaru Nakamura will meet in the dream decider of the Paris Freestyle ...

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, ...

A teenage chess prodigy made all the right moves as he helped officially open a sporting event at a newly built care home.

Long the topic of debate as to rock 'and' roll's origins, one Delta blues legend Howlin' Wolf record has been put forward as the genre's first possible cut.

Living parallel lives, they counselled presidents and changed the course of the cold war. How would they steer America today?

A “greedy” chess player turned drug dealer has been jailed after he was caught with gold bullion bars and cocaine worth thousands of pounds.

Songwriter Tim Rice penned lyrics to Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and The Lion King but will now be taking to the stage himself in an upcoming tour to celebrate his life ...

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 ...