A 10-year-old British chess prodigy defeated world champion Mariya Muzychuk — putting her one step closer to becoming the youngest grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan has been described as a "girl wonder, ...

A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan, from northwest London, defeated 60-year-old grandmaster Pete ...

Women content creators are helping chess shake its image as an "old man's game" and bring it into the digital age.

Judit Polgár, who is widely regarded as the best female chess player of all time, defeated great players like Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen, and other world champions. She is the only woman to pass ...

Judit Polgár won the very first chess tournament she ever played in. She was 6 years old. The Hungarian-born prodigy's impressive rise to chess stardom, which included becoming the world's top-ranked ...

India slipped to 25th in the 2026 Gender Equality in Chess Index (GECI), highlighting gender imbalance in the sport. Despite strong performances by elite women players, female participation in youth ...

Chess legend speaks about country’s brightest stars and who she believes could take her spot as a smasher of the glass ...