It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...

The “queerest anti-imperialist chess club on earth” is using chess to build a community and provide an entry way into radical politics. About a dozen chess players and observers gathered on the patio ...

Imagine writing a final exam, an exam that stretches on for six hours, with someone sitting across the table the entire time, watching every move and just waiting for a mistake. This is a good ...

Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Some kids are getting into the game of chess and staying off the streets. The friendly face-off is about more than just making the right moves, it's about how the game of chess is ...

The first online chess game occurred over telegraph lines in 1844 Telegraph hardware was simple yet required constant monitoring for accuracy Grandmasters later used teletype and online platforms to ...

The board is set! Rehearsals are very much underway for the first-ever Broadway revival of Chess, which begins performances at the Imperial Theatre on October 15. "I worked at the Imperial when I was ...

Thiel co-founded software company Confinity with Max Levchin and Luke Nosek. The company would later merge with Elon Musk's X.com and become PayPal. Prior to the company's merger and eventual IPO ...

When asked about his favorite piece on a chess board, 12-year-old Jax Green is all in on the knight. "A knight is one of the ...