Chess is one of the oldest recorded and most revered board games, and it dates back centuries. However, despite its cent ...

Participating nations are Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Senegal, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, ...

What we now take for granted in 2025 was unprecedented in 2005. when the first LEGO chess set debuted. And it was unheard of in the prior decades, when the majority of builds were miniature ...

In Star Trek franchise, there is no dearth of interesting props and the tri-dimensional chess is one such artifact that continues to spark curiosity among the Trekkies.

The chess world erupted over a cheeky joke from Chess.com asking players for “new name ideas” for one of the game’s pieces.

Chess enthusiasts gathered in Ireland’s Pub Feb. 28 for Campus Recreation’s Friendly Chess Tournament. Knights, bishops and ...

After Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand, it’s Magnus Carlsen’s turn to face off against the world in what is one of the ...

These newer models appear more likely to indulge in rule-bending behaviors than previous generations—and there’s no way to ...

Carlsen is looking to capitalize on chess’ boom of popularity by throwing his support behind a new wave of competitions. He has recently promoted Freestyle, a tournament where the pieces on the ...

To casual observers, chess could seem boring. To Ben Foley, chess is an exciting game that can impart many valuable lessons. He says it teaches kids to concentrate, exercise patience, think critically ...

While supercomputers—most famously IBM’s Deep Blue —have long surpassed the world’s best human chess players, generative AI ...