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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At a private home in Park City, Utah, Alec Baldwin sat across a chess board from Judit Polgár – he sighted, she blindfolded. Despite the visual disadvantage, it didn’t take long for Polgár to ...

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 ...

I want to ask you a question: Do you think the choices you make today will have any impact on your future? If we stop to think about it, most of us would say, “Yes, of course.” But we don’t actually ...

She was raised as part of a prodigy-breeding psychological experiment, took on the chess patriarchy and beat her idol Garry Kasparov. So why isn’t there more depth to this documentary? Judit Polgár ...

Outstanding Actor - Musical: David Carroll was nominated but did not win. Outstanding Actress - Musical: Judy Kuhn was nominated but did not win. Outstanding Featured Actor - Musical: Harry Goz was ...

Could a machine outthink the best human mind in the world? Thirty years ago that was still an open question, but a historic matchup between a chess grandmaster and an IBM supercomputer answered it. On ...

Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical: Tommy Korberg was nominated but did not win. Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actress in a Musical: Elaine Paige was nominated ...