With multiple women coming forward about their disturbing experiences in the chess world, including accusations of sexual misconduct by a grandmaster, the historic game is having its own #MeToo moment ...

A viral video of a chess match confrontation involving Woman Grandmaster Nemo Zhou has sparked debate over sportsmanship, ...

Sarah El Barbry became a chess streamer in 2025 and has more than 75,000 followers across platforms During Covid, Nemo Zhou was "losing [her] mind" locked down at home and thought it would be nice to ...

Oregon’s first woman grandmaster in chess is 16-year-old Zoey Tang, a junior at Westview High School in Beaverton. “Woman grandmaster” is the highest chess title restricted to women that is awarded by ...

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The international governing body of competitive chess is effectively banning transgender women from competing and stripping trans men of previously won women’s titles. Subscribe to read this story ...

The International Chess Federation—the international governing body for chess—unveiled new policies that prohibit transgender women from competing in women’s events, as sports like swimming and ...

Bodhana Sivanandan attained the title after she beat a 60-year-old Grandmaster during a tournament in Liverpool, England, on Aug. 10 Christopher Furlong/Getty A 10-year-old girl just became the ...