Considering its formalization in medieval Europe, chess has some unexpected quirks. The pieces are named for positions in the ...

The pieces used are two rooks, two knights, two bishops, eight pawns, a queen and a king. Each player controls one of the two colours. In chess white always moves first. Players alternate making moves ...

How does a chess player know which move to say ... both the Rooks together control all the squares of the Black King, ...

By Dylan Loeb McClain Dommaraju Gukesh, an 18-year-old Indian grandmaster, captured the World Chess Championship ... a pawn to a queen and easily checkmated Ding’s king. After the game ended ...

Top-level players like Magnus Carlsen are pivoting to "fresher" formats such as freestyle chess. Read more at ...

Taking to X, Gukesh tweeted, “Congratulations! It's a proud moment for chess, a proud moment for India, a proud moment for ...