LIPPSTADT (Germany) (Reuters) - Hussain Besou was just four when he started asking his father to teach him chess, hovering around the board as he played in the evenings in the Middle East until he ...

Germany's top chess player, Vincent Keymer, is making his debut at the esteemed Norway Chess tournament in 2026. A rapid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. June 2018 Giant Chess board and players at the Hirschgarten Park Munich Upper Bavaria Germany In competitive chess, where the ...

German No 1 Vincent Keymer has charted a meteoric rise since his runner-up finish at the 2022 World Rapid Championship and has climbed 16 places to No 4 on the FIDE ratings in the span of a year.

Christopher Wiggins is a senior national reporter for The Advocate. He has a rich career in storytelling and highlighting underrepresented voices. Growing up in a bilingual household in Germany, his ...

Germany's men head to the European Team Championship of chess in Georgia with the wind in their sails. A rising star and a surprise late bloomer offer the European country hope but India remain a ...

On February 28, 2022, FIDE granted permission to individual chess players representing Russia and Belarus to play in international tournaments under a neutral status and announced that it would not ...

Sean Gallup / Getty Images Rugby, swimming, track and field — transgender women have been banned from international women’s events in a growing number of sports. The latest to make that list is chess.