A man who started playing chess to beat boredom in lockdown is to take part in a new BBC show about the game. Chess Masters: ...

CHESS legend David Howell is set to star in a new BBC series – looking to find the next Grandmaster. Three-time British ...

Hosted by Sue Perkins, the new BBC Two series will run across eight episodes, with players from all backgrounds battling it ...

Twelve rising stars of the UK chess scene will be competing in the BBC’s new ‘high-stakes’ contest. Across eight episodes, ...

Pete: People moaning about a dull game miss the point. A team costing a fraction of the amount of another team played to ...

Wales' double Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones is switching sports and has taken up boxing. The 31-year-old says she is ...

Snooker legend Steve Davis is to headline an arts festival with his electronic music group. The six-time world champion's ...

In 1929 and 1930, the Cambridge top board lost his queen very early, once to a knight fork and then to a bishop pin. Matches ...

Robert Katende was brought up by his grandma in Uganda and was so poor that he spent all of his time outside of school working in a garden. Nevertheless he excelled at school and when he discovered ...

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "monochrome". Here is a selection of the photographs we ...

Unemployment rates in India have shot up in recent years, and around twice as many women are out of work compared with their male counterparts. Divya Arya travels across India meeting some of the ...

Dancing in a nightclub in Damascus - how are locals coping after five years of war?