Today in Saint Louis, Mo., one woman will take on 30 opponents in a simultaneous chess exhibition. DORSA DERAKHSHANI: I'm supposed to get white, which white starts first in chess. So I already know ...

An Israeli grandmaster is hoping to break the world record for playing simultaneous games of chess. Alik Gershon is taking on 525 opponents in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. He needs to win 80% of the games ...

After decades spent playing simultaneous chess, an 87-year-old Hungarian pensioner has clinched a world record by finally overtaking a total set by 1920s Cuban grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca. Almost ...

An 87-year-old Hungarian woman aims this weekend to set a world record by beating 1920s Cuban chess grandmaster Jose Raul Capablanca at his own game: simultaneous play. Since the 1950s, Brigitta Sinka ...

As the Hutchinson Community College track team noisily began warm-ups on the Gowans stadium track Monday afternoon, a silent but intense contest was going on next door. Gabe Purdy was on his 18th ...

The event will be concluded by a massive simultaneous chess event, where 1,000 players of all ages will compete at the same time. As antisemitism rises across the globe and Jewish competitors face ...

JERUSALEMJERUSALEM — An Israeli broke the record for most simultaneous games of chess played by an individual on Friday, seizing the title from a chess master from his country’s archenemy, Iran.

Chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani led her team at Saint Louis University to the collegiate national championship after taking on the Iranian government. Today, she took on another new challenge.