The life story of Judit Polgar, who became the greatest female chess player in history, will be shown through her achievements and her victories against Garry Kasparov and her complete professional ...

Born on July 23, 1976, into a Jewish-Hungarian household as the youngest of three girls, Judit Polgár was merely 5 years old when she became part of an experiment carefully concocted by her father.

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, is bored of chess. Carlsen has spent much of the past year appearing to dismiss the game he has mastered: It was no longer exciting to play, he told a ...

PARIS, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Mothers competing in elite chess will be able to take advantage of a new set of family-friendly policies being introduced by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) at major ...