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The first online chess game happened in December 1844 — Yes, 181 years ago, two teams played Chess 60km away using the electrical telegraph

The 1844 Washington–Baltimore telegraph chess match started remote play, inspiring later international competitions, teletype games, and massive online platforms today.

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Chess.com cofounder says it took a pinch of delusion to bring the traditional game online—and it’s a 'requirement for every successful entrepreneur'

Chess.com cofounder Danny Rensch says that “necessity breeds genius.” An onslaught of life crises and a dash of self-delusion pushed him to create the platform beloved by 235 million users.

Fortune

EWC’s Esports Nation Cup expands with Chess.com, Moonton and SNK

Esports Nation Cup's potential roster of games has received a buff with publishers Chess.com, MOONTON, and SNK now an official part of the upcoming nation-vs-nation 2026 event.

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Chess Revival Opens at Broadway's Imperial Theatre with Star Power and Mixed Reviews

After years of hype and multiple workshops, the first major Broadway revival of the cult musical Chess officially opened this week at the Imperial Theatre. The new production stars Aaron Tveit as volatile American chess champion Freddie Trumper, Nicholas Christopher as his Soviet rival Anatoly Sergievsky, and Lea Michele as…

International Business Times

Chess review – messy Broadway revival wastes catchy Abba songs

A 1980s concept album, from Tim Rice and Abba members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, is brought back to the stage with uneven results

The Guardian - US

Chess federation files official complaint against former world champion

Vladimir Kramnik levelled unproven allegations of cheating against fellow players, including Daniel Naroditsky

The Independent UK

Cheating accusations and worse are tearing the chess world apart in the aftermath of a 29 year-old grandmaster's death—What is happening in the game of kings?

"A disgrace to chess."

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Former world chess champion may face discipline for unproven claims about Daniel Naroditsky

Chess’ international governing body is considering disciplinary action against a former Russian world champion who persistently leveled unproven cheating allegations at Daniel Naroditsky in the year leading up to the American grandmaster’s death

The Independent UK

Was Daniel Naroditsky a Victim of Cyberbullying? Fans Demand Answers After Vladimir Kramnik's Remarks

Chess Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky faces online harassment after Vladimir Kramnik's controversial comments spark outrage, raising concerns about cyberbullying and accountability in the global chess community.

International Business Times UK

Is Vladimir Kramnik To Blame? Sad Truth Behind His 'Neverending Attacks' on Daniel Naroditsky

Chess fans are now blaming Vladimir Kramnik for Daniel Naroditsky's sudden death. Is his never-ending bullying the reason?

International Business Times UK

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Not quite checkmate yet - thousands of Chess.com fans may have had details stolen in cyberattack, here's what we know

Hackers break into a third-party file transfer tool used by Chess.com.

TechRadar

Everything in the world must be converted into a roguelike, and not even chess is safe with a new game "that changes all the rules"

A possibly sacrilegious amount of change

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Chess: 10-year-old targets world record alongside grandmasters at British Championship

Record entry in Liverpool, while Bodhana Sivanandan bids to become youngest national women’s champion

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Magnus Carlsen shows how Saudi Arabia gobbles up global sports stars

The outstanding chess player of his generation is the latest figure to be associated with a kingdom that uses entertainment to pacify the public

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Chess betting gets a big boost from BETBY for Esports World Cup

Bold moves in the modern betting era for chess.

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ChatGPT is no match for a 40-year-old digital Pocket Chess game, and I bet Garry Kasparov would be pleased

Bad move

The Guardian - UK

Pellegrini and Betis familiar pawns in Maresca’s search for winning move

Chelsea can become the first English team to win all four European trophies – and much of their manager’s strategy is rooted in chess

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The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen scores in Paris, leads Freestyle Grand Slam after two events

The world No 1 defeated his old rival and world No 2, Hikaru Nakamura, in the final, and took the $3.75m series lead before the third Slam event in Las Vegas

Evening Standard

Sue Perkins says chess is ‘hot’ calling BBC series contestants ‘extraordinary’

The 55-year old former Bake Off presenter said she has never seen ‘passion like it’ on her new BBC series Chess Masters: The Endgame.

The Guardian - UK

The wrong trousers: how sporting dress codes can create an image problem

Magnus Carlsen’s jeans put the spotlight on chess’s sartorial intransigence but it is not the only sport struggling to adapt to modern style

PC Gamer

Chess is now an esport as Esports World Cup adds the 1,500 year-old game to 2025 event, calls it 'the perfect example of how games evolve'

And Magnus Carlsen is "thrilled" to be on board.

The Conversation

Teenage prodigy Gukesh D defeats Ding Liren to become youngest world chess champion

Eighteen-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju has become the new world chess champion, winning the final game of the title match after a dramatic blunder from the reigning champ, China’s Ding Liren.

The Independent UK

After 20 years at the top of chess, Magnus Carlsen is making his next move

Few chess players have produced the magic commodity which separates Norway’s Magnus Carlsen from any of his peers: celebrity

The Guardian - UK

Magnus Carlsen: ‘Play chess against Mo Salah? I would love that’

The football-mad world No 1 is in London playing for a $1m prize fund and despite dominating the chess world says he has never played the perfect game

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