Framed as a sports tale, “Queen of Chess,” directed by Rory Kennedy, recounts the life of Judit Polgar, who battled sexism as much as rival players. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...

Among elite chess grandmasters, more than 70% of competitions end in ties. And that is just conventional "over the board" chess; in the growing realm of online competition known as "correspondence ...

At the Hungarian national chess tournament in 1991, Judit Polgár had to choose a strategy: Play for a draw against Tibor Tolnai and thus gain enough points to make history. Or abandon caution, follow ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: If you loved The Queen’s Gambit, then you are definitely going to want to watch The Queen of Chess on Netflix, a new documentary that began streaming today that profiles ...

Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek placed 17th in the competition on Feb. 9 JMP/ABACA/Shutterstock Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek faced backlash for their use of AI-generated music in the rhythm ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People take part in the ceremonial march marking the end of mining operations at the CSM mine in Stonava near the Czech Republic's ...

The chess prodigy's rise to stardom unfolds in director Rory Kennedy's new film 'Queen of Chess' Yves Forestier/Sygma via Getty; Courtesy of Netflix Judit Polgár's rise to chess stardom is documented ...

PRAGUE, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Sunday he was in favour of banning the use of social media by children under 15, as a growing number of European countries consider ...

The world’s number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, won his fifth Speed Chess Championship (SCC) Finals. Carlsen, 35, banked $25,000 plus an additional split based on winning percentage by beating ...

Even by his own standards, the past 12 months have been unusually active for Daniel Kretinsky. Last February the Czech billionaire took Metro, a big German wholesaler, private. In April he bought ...

In Czech Republic benchmark interest rate is set by the Czech National Bank (Ceská Národní Bank CNB). The official interest rate is the two-week repo rate, a rate at which commercial banks are allowed ...

At the Prague International Chess Festival, world champion D Gukesh drew against David Navara in the fourth round. Despite the tight competition, Jorden van Foreest leads the tournament. Aravindh ...