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 ...

Karan Singh co-founded the fortnightly event to recreate a chess club he found while doing an internship in London. "Social ...

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

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

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

Sue Perkins hosts this high-stakes chess contest, following 12 rising stars of the UK’s booming chess community as they compete through a gauntlet of brain-bending puzzles and nail-biting ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC‘s upcoming Chess Masters: The Endgame competition format was inspired by so much more than The Queen’s ...

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 ...

A petrol station knifeman who was wrestled to the ground by a policeman has been jailed for 30 months. Fitzgerald Carty, 66, approached a man while wielding a knife, in Lewisham, south London. Seconds ...

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 ...