FIVE MINUTES BEFORE the eighth round of the World Chess Grand Prix in Geneva, the room was silent. The competitors had taken their seats, 18 of the world's best chess players facing off across nine ...

The day featured four decisive games in all and reaping rewards was Sergey Karjakin of Russia who defeated Ivan Sokolov of Holland. Another Dutch Loek Van Wely went down to Peter Leko while local star ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Thursday, Mach 17, 2016 file photo, World chess champion Hou Yifan of China holds the trophy at an award ...

Hou Yifan's astonishing result at Tradewise Gibraltar last week marks a highly significant break-through for women's chess. China's 17-year-old beat four elite grandmasters, outplayed the great ...

The world’s No1 woman player crushed Caruana and gave Carlsen a scare to lead the Grenke Classic field with 2.5 points after three of the seven rounds The world’s No1 woman player, Hou Yifan, enters ...

Hou Yifan excelled in both Alpine SG Pipers wins to take the team to the second spot while Triveni Continental Kings sealed the final spot in the Global Chess League on Saturday. Defending champions ...

The 19-year-old Chinese GM Hou Yifan regained the Women’s World Chess Championship title from Anna Ushenina, 29, of Ukraine in possibly the most one-sided match in the history of the competition at ...