How chess became a high-stakes esport at the world’s biggest gaming competition

Follow the road to the 2026 EWC Chess title, where 22 of the world’s top players raced a 10-minute clock for a share of a ...
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Is chess a sport? How the game became part of the Esports World Cup

Is chess a sport or an esport? Here is why chess is officially recognised as a sport and how it became part of the Esports ...

Magic Chess

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Magic Chess Magic Chess, inspired by Chess and Chinese Chess, breaks free from ...
Ars Technica

Complexity physics finds crucial tipping points in chess games

The game of chess has long been central to computer science and AI-related research, most notably in IBM’s Deep Blue in the 1990s and, more recently, AlphaZero. But the game is about more than ...