Chess is booming. A heady cocktail of Queen’s Gambit mania, pandemic boredom, and Twitch streaming has given the ancient board game more visibility than it’s had in a long, long time. It’s been half a ...

The PogChamps 6 has been announced by Chess.com and the sixth installment in the rookie tournament is set to boast even more glitz and glam than last year. From famous Twitch streamers and YouTubers ...

Popular streamer DrLupo faced cheating allegations during PogChamps 6. He played against Wolfey, a higher-rated player. Suspicion arose when DrLupo made unusually precise moves after an early blunder.

Popular Twitch streamer Zack "Asmongold" has claimed that Twitch should suspend Benjamin "DrLupo" after the latter admitted to having cheated while playing chess during the recent PogChamps 6 ...

For someone ranked No. 2 in the world, playing competitive games of chess sits curiously low on grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s list of priorities. “I look at it as something to do to get away from ...

As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in to watch people play chess on a livestreaming website called Twitch.tv. An American chess ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though many industries suffered in 2020 as a result of lockdowns and quarantine orders nationwide, others capitalized on the shift ...