A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Such titles are usually granted...

(GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player...

FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs) for outstanding performance. The highest...

Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 World Chess Championship. Magnus Carlsen, the previous world champion, had declined to defend his title. The first event recognized...

The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject...

Chess is a board game for two players. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi...

represents the U.S. in The World Chess Federation (FIDE). USCF administers the official national rating system, awards national titles, sanctions over twenty national...

Professional Chess Association (PCA) split from FIDE, and as a result there were two competing World Championship titles between 1993 and 2006. Chess was first...

a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of...

became World Chess Champion in April 2023, after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 championship match. After acquiring the title, Ding did not...