Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flags of Iran and Israel behind pawns on the chessboard. Chess game. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK) The global chess body fined Iran ...

The Georgian resort city of Batumi, located on the Black Sea near the Turkish border, will host the 43 Chess Olympiad. More than 1,600 players from 185 countries will compete in the bi-annual event, ...

FIDE has announced that Mohammed al-Mudahka, President of Qatar Chess Association (QCA) will oversee the next edition of the World Chess Olympiad to be held in September in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Al ...

Starting today, the event is due to see teams compete across seven rounds before the top four progress to the semi-final round-robin. A bronze medal match and final are then due to follow with the ...

The passing of the Torch Relay through Kashmir on July 21 was cited as a reason for the withdrawal. In a statement to Radio Pakistan, Pakistan’s foreign office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said: "India ...

Twenty-one-year-old Trisha Kanyamarala became the first Irish woman to be awarded the title of woman grandmaster (WGM) in chess, following her high standard of play at the London Chess Classic ...