10-year-old becomes youngest female chess player to defeat grandmaster
A 10-year-old chess prodigy from the London area has become the youngest female player to defeat a grandmaster, which is the sport's highest title.
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The Uplift: Chess champs
Two young chess champions decide not to keep their prize money and instead give it to a cause that is close to their hearts. Plus, Steve Hartman shares his personal journey of bonding with a new family member, despite his hesitancy. See how he became a lovable dog dad, plus other heartwarming news.
1972: Chess champ Bobby Fischer on 60 Minutes
In 1972, Mike Wallace profiled the infamous Bobby Fischer, who was then only 29 years old and training for a Cold War showdown against Russian Boris Spassky.
Chess Country
Grade-school chess teams from Franklin County, Mississippi, blow past stereotypes about who can play chess and win national recognition. Sharyn Alfonsi reports.
Chess Country
Grade-school chess teams from Franklin County, Mississippi, blow past stereotypes about who can play chess and win national recognition. Sharyn Alfonsi reports.
No. 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen slams fist onto table after loss
After current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju made his final move at the Norway Chess match, Magnus Carlsen slammed his fist onto the table and stood up in frustration.
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen forced into draw against "the world"
"Magnus Carlsen vs. The World" online chess game ends in a draw, with the grandmaster lauding his 143,000 opponents' "very, very sound chess."
Boris Spassky, who lost famed chess match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky is best remembered for his duel with American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries.
Magnus Carlsen returns to chess tournament following issue with jeans
Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday.
Chess champion Magnus Carlsen disqualified for wearing jeans
Top chess player Magnus Carlsen was told he could change and continue competing, but he declined to do so.
Teen chess prodigy becomes youngest world champion
The usually shy and reserved teen burst into tears after nearly three weeks and 14 games of intense battle against his opponent.
6/18: 60 Minutes
Fighting for life in Syria's vicious civil war; then, Steve Kroft reports on how cash-starved countries offer citizenship for a price; and, chess instills new dreams in kids from rural Mississippi county.
Teen chess prodigy could become world champ
Seventeen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju of India is the youngest challenger for the world chess title later this year. CBS News' John Dickerson has the details.
Maurice Ashley, first Black chess grandmaster, on the game's life lessons
Maurice Ashley, who became the first Black chess grandmaster in 1999, says it's important to have a beginner's mindset, in chess and in life.
8-year-old chess prodigy makes history as youngest ever to defeat grandmaster
The boy, Aswath Kaushik, beat 37-year-old Jacek Stopa of Poland at a chess tournament in Switzerland.
13-year-old international chess master-elect
Alice Lee, just 13 years old, is ranked the No. 1 chess player among U.S. girls under 21 -- and she is already an international master-elect, one of the youngest American women ever to be in that prestigious category. Lee joined CBS News to talk about how she got into the game.
Nonprofit helps migrant children with chess
As more migrant families continue to arrive in New York, one nonprofit is helping the children acclimate by giving them chess lessons. About 200 migrant children are now enrolled in the program. Astrid Martinez has the story.
CBS Evening News, April 7th, 2023
Expulsion of 2 Tennessee lawmakers draws major condemnation; Maine school custodian helps turn chess team into a real-life “Queen's Gambit”
Custodian turns chess team into state champions
What is more unlikely than the success of the chess champions at Weatherbee Elementary School in Hampden, Maine, is where they found it -- in a broom closet. Steve Hartman has their story in "On the Road."
Maine school custodian helps turn chess team into a real-life "Queen's Gambit"
For the students at Weatherbee Elementary, the only thing more unlikely than their success as state chess champions, is where they found it: in the broom closet.
U.S. grants asylum to 12-year-old Nigerian chess prodigy
Tanitoluwa "Tani" Adewumi rose to fame at just 8-years-old, when he defeated 73 of the best chess players in his age group in New York.
Teen chess grandmaster "not going to back down" amid cheating allegations
A report by Chess.com this week said the 19-year-old American "likely cheated" in more than 100 online chess games.
U.S. teen sues world chess champion over cheating accusations
Niemann accused Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com of slander and libel and colluding to destroy his reputation and livelihood.
World chess champ quits game after just one move amid cheating claims
A week ago, Carlsen lost to Hans Niemann, a young American who has admitted to cheating in online games in the past.
Chess-playing robot breaks 7-year-old boy's finger during match in Russia
Despite the injury, the child played the next day and toughed out the rest of the tournament in a cast.
Trump-Putin summit in Alaska concludes with no deal on Ukraine ceasefire
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a high-stakes summit in Alaska, but the talks did not yield a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Erin strengthens into hurricane, the first of 2025 Atlantic season
Erin is the first hurricane to develop over the Atlantic this year, and meteorologists are closely tracking its path and forecast.
DOJ removes D.C. emergency police chief, agrees to rewrite immigration directive
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order Thursday that amounted to a reversal of "sanctuary" policies in D.C. The District sued over the order Friday.
Trump administration faces lawsuit over "secret report" on climate change
Environmental groups and independent scientists are criticizing a report assembled by a small team of well-known climate skeptics selected by Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
Here's the transcript of what Putin and Trump said in Alaska
Both President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered brief remarks, but took no questions, in Alaska.
Democrats unveil maps of California's redistricting proposal
Democrats unveiled a proposal Friday that could give California's dominant political party an additional five U.S. House seats in a bid to win the fight to control Congress next year.
New Orleans mayor indicted on federal corruption charges
Prosecutors allege that in October 2021, Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Jeffrey Vappie, her bodyguard, developed a "personal, intimate relationship."
"Devil in the Ozarks" spent 6 months planning prison break, report says
An internal review reveals that a former police chief, known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison.
Clinton says Trump should get Peace Prize if he ends Ukraine war without concessions
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said if President Trump is the architect of a deal to end the war in Ukraine without Kyiv ceding land to Russia, "I'd nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize."