World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura needed to hit a minimum number of games for a shot at the world championship. He sparked a firestorm by beating up on lower-ranked players to get there.

EMMAUS, Pa. - Check... and mate. Chess is making its move as Pennsylvania’s favorite board game. At Board to Death Games in Emmaus, chess is definitely a popular choice among customers. “People do ...

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 ...

Hey, I’m Zachary but please call me Zach! I do anything and everything that has to do with chess and make my analysis comprehensible for all levels! I love cultures and countries from all around the ...

The chess puzzle in Destiny 2 is just the first piece in an all-consuming puzzle the Destiny community is rapidly trying to solve ahead of the The Edge of Fate expansion reveal for Destiny 2 on May 6.

When you need a couple of on-camera ambassadors for the game of chess, you won’t do better than the Botez sisters. Alexandra, 29, and Andrea, 23, have been playing since they were barely out of ...

In chess, as in life, you are bound to make some mistakes. That was the message Ed Bourgeois, access and outreach coordinator for the Minnesota State Chess Association, had for 32 inmates at the ...

Want to make a Python user grind their teeth? Just recite three words: Python is slow. In many of the ways that matter, it’s true. “Pure” Python, without external libraries written in C, is nowhere ...

If you've been meaning to learn how to play chess, or if you want a fun way to practice, GoChess might just be your best bet. Chess is having something of a renaissance at the moment, with many new ...

It was the encyclopedias on painting and sculpture that his parents got that first ignited a young Marcos Ramirez’s interest in visual arts. After earning a law degree in Mexico, then working ...

During Chiefs training camp at St. Joseph in 2023, I spoke with linebacker Drue Tranquill about becoming the NFL chess champion and parallels between those two pursuits. About that time, safety Justin ...