The Georgian chess grandmaster has been banned from the Dubai Open Chess Tournament after officials discovered he was darting to the toilet to consult his smartphone, which was logged onto a chess ...

The world’s top chess players are competing online with in-person tournaments shut down ... The servers twice went down briefly — once by design — and officials could virtually track ...

According to Chess.com, every member of the winning team in Dubai will receive $7,500, with another $5,000 going to the team’s manager ... traditional chess tournaments, Mitra wants the GCL ...

On Saturday, Nigalidze, the 25-year-old reigning Georgian champion, was competing in the 17th annual Dubai Open Chess Tournament when his opponent spotted something strange. “Nigalidze would ...

and money manager—and, most recently, photographer. About five years ago, Lloda began traveling the world to shoot chess tournaments, who then hired him to help them get publicity. Since then ...

Lamenting the contretemps, International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement Sunday that he'd let World Blitz Championship tournament officials consider allowing ...