Chess grandmaster (GM) Baadur Jobava has been temporarily banned from Chess.com’s prize events after going on a racist rant upon losing to a Chinese GM during the Airthings Masters qualifier. On Feb.

World No 2 was speaking ahead of team rapid and blitz championships in Hong Kong, featuring rivals Magnus Carlsen and Hans ...

A Chinese-chess champion lost his crown after being accused of showing "extremely bad character" by pooping in a hotel bathtub as he celebrated his title. Yan Chenglong, 48, won the national ...

More punishments could be forthcoming for former national champion Wang Tianyi and another top-ranked Chinese Xiangqi player. A mistaken forward move in Xiangqi can lead to an irrecoverable situation, ...

The first game of the world chess championship was an explosive affair as China’s Ding Liren fought it out with India’s Gukesh Dommaraju. Playing with the black pieces, Ding took the first game of a ...

Vietnamese player Lai Ly Huynh (left) and Singaporean player Woo Tsung Han won the first, second and third place in men's ...

A total of 41 Xiangqi (Chinese chess) players were penalized, including grandmasters Zhao Xinxin, Wang Yang and Zheng Weitong. The three players were banned for life and stripped of their technical ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. A champion of the board game Xiangqi, also ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Chinese Chess Wargame This is a new game based on the expansion of the traditional Chinese chess game “Chinese Chess”. It not only retains the basic rules ...

Chinese chess was engulfed in turmoil earlier this week when a national champion was stripped of his title following unsavory allegations involving cheating in the sport. Xiangqi is the official title ...