Arrangements for the control of the Rice trophy for international chess contests have recently been completed. By the terms of the gift a board of trustees, to control the cup, is to be elected ...

India's D Gukesh wore a broad smile during the closing ceremony of the World Chess Championship ... After receiving the trophy, Gukesh passed it to his loved one, who was filled with pride ...

A former Newport grammar school student has reached the finals of a hit BBC chess show. Thalia Holmes, formerly a pupil at ...

For Assignment Tim Whewell reports from Moscow and New York on the deeply politicised game of chess and asks if it’s finally checkmate for the king of chess. Dina Newman producing. Photo ...

Thalia Holmes, formerly a pupil at Haberdashers’ Adams School in Newport and former member of Newport Chess Club, took home the winner’s trophy in the final episode of BBC Two's Chess Masters ...