A Brooklyn teenager, Jessica Hyatt, has made history by becoming the highest-rated African American female chess player.

D Gukesh, India’s 19-year-old chess prodigy and the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion, ended formal schooling after ...

John McDermott became the youngest ever U.S. Open champion when he won the title in 1911. He would go on to win back-to-back titles, and remained one of the youngest champions ever when he ...

Magnus Carlsen slammed his fist on the table in frustration after suffering a shock loss to defending classical chess world champion Gukesh Dommaraju at the 2025 Norway Chess tournament on Sunday.

Seventeen-year-old Tyler Watts, who is now a senior in high school, made tournament history — becoming the youngest player ever to win the Sunnehanna Amateur.

By Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Magnus Carlsen is no stranger to pushing boundaries. From becoming the second-youngest grandmaster in ...

Carlsen’s awe-inspiring run over the subsequent years merely clarified his status as one of the best players the chess world has ever seen, possibly up there with Russian titan Garry Kasparov.

Dommaraju, who became the youngest world chess champion last year, also reportedly told Chess.com that he could relate to Carlsen’s reaction, saying, “I’ve also banged a lot of tables in my ...

World number one Magnus Carlsen yet again proved he is the best in the world as he won the Super United Rapid and blitz chess ...

At just 2 years and 182 days old, Joseph Harris-Birtill is the youngest-ever member of Mensa — the exclusive society for people with exceptionally high IQs.

According to the Black News, chess player Jessica Hyatt, 19, recently became the youngest African American woman to earn the National Master title. Hyatt's chess victories have also paved the way for ...