Commentary: Why recognising e-sports, chess and bridge as sports matters to Team Singapore
SINGAPORE: Is chess a sport? Or is it a game?
Chess Sport News
Chess-Carlsen claims Freestyle Grand Slam title
Dec 9 : Magnus Carlsen secured the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour title on Tuesday by reaching the semi-finals of the South Africa Finals, clinching the season championship and the $100,000 bonus prize.
Chess-Niemann dives to victory as Freestyle Chess Finals start with underwater exhibition
Dec 4 : Hans Niemann quite literally made a splash on Wednesday, winning an underwater chess exhibition as festivities opened for the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals in Cape Town, where the world’s elite players gathered ahead of the main competition.
Chess-India's Kushwaha becomes youngest player to earn FIDE rating at age 3
Dec 4 : India's Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days.
10 SEA Games events moved to Bangkok after Songkhla flooding
SINGAPORE: Some events at the upcoming 33rd SEA Games will be shifted to Bangkok after days of severe flooding in the southern Thai province of Songkhla.
Chess-Niemann's world title hopes dashed at World Cup
Hans Niemann's hopes of a shot at the chess world championship match ended abruptly on Thursday when the American grandmaster crashed out of the World Cup second round in India.
Singapore proposes legislative change to formally recognise e-sports, chess and bridge as sports
SINGAPORE: Mind sports such as chess and bridge, along with e-sports,would be formally recognised as sports if a Bill introduced into parliament on Tuesday (Nov 4) is enacted into law.