Koneru Humpy's re-entry to the summit of chess by clinching the World Rapid title in New York on Sunday is a testament to her ...

The setup Chess is played on an eight by eight grid of alternating black and white squares. Two sets, one white and one black, of 16 pieces are set up on the back two ranks on opposite sides of the ...

In this season of gift-giving, it’s good to reflect on the inexhaustible generosity of the game we love. Yes, the losses can ...

Chess, like most discernible parts of human society, saw its usage affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, in this ...

The Spurs center exercised his strategic thinking with fans in Washington Square Park following his team's win over the Brooklyn Nets.

Specifically, the ratio is 24 to 13: if it takes a knight 13 moves to reach a certain square on the chessboard, it will take ...

Eighteen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju’s win in his first ever World Championship Match is the triumph of a youngster’s fearless ...

chess has some unexpected quirks. The pieces are named for positions in the royal court, but the most powerful piece – and the most valuable – is not the king, but the queen. A knight and a ...

Arjun Erigaisi shines in World Rapid Chess Championship, tied fifth; Magnus Carlsen struggles; Sadhwani impresses by ...

The shocking blunder that decided a tense world championship match didn’t come until Game 14’s Move 55, but one got the sense ...