Italian Grandmaster Lorenzo Lodici, the lowest-rated GM in the FIDE Chess World Cup, has captured attention by defeating a seasoned English player. Lodici, Italy's top player, actively engages with ...

Fabiano Caruana is a chess phenom. He started young, and now – at the age of 23 – he is one of the best in the world. Fabiano was born in Miami, grew up in Brooklyn and is now a part of the of Chess ...

Priests from all over the world faced each other Nov. 30 – Dec. 1 for the Clericus chess tournament in Rome. (Credit: Claire Giangravè/Crux.) Listen ROME – It took a while for Franciscan Father ...

MagellanTV has secured the global distribution rights to Chess.com’s debut documentary, The City of Human Chess. Since 1923, the small Italian town of Marostica has hosted a live chess performance ...

In the 17th century, the Italian chess player Gioachino Greco created the world’s first chess handbook. One of the moves he recorded was the Queen’s Gambit, an ingenious opening in three parts. Almost ...

IMPERIA, Italy, Sept. 9 (UPI) --Officials with a prestigious chess tournament in Italy said a player was expelled for allegedly using a hidden camera and Morse code to cheat at games. Organizers of ...