This smart chess board blends the tactile joy of in-person play with the global reach of online opponents.

Eric Cantona has gone on to become a successful actor and, more recently, singer since retiring from professional football in 1997, but one of his former Manchester United team-mates has revealed a ...

Chair and Associate Professor of Finance Robert Irons has published a book about one of the most famous chess games in ...

Generative AI chatbots tried their hand at chess, mistakenly teleporting kings, reviving dead bishops, and moving pawns sideways.

Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan—the UAE’s chess-obsessed, jiujitsu-loving intelligence chief—controls vast sums of sovereign ...

A 17-year-old has crafted the ultimate tool to cheat at chess by using Ray-Ban Meta glasses to show the best moves in over-the-board games.

He has long been Germany's No. 1 chess player. Now Vincent Keymer is setting his sights on the world title. To get there, he ...

In "Fischer Random," the starting position is drawn before each game, so there is no call for computer preparation, as in classic chess. This is precisely what makes Fischer Random so appealing to ...

"Initially I just used to watch my family members play chess at home, just as a hobby, just like any other board game. But then I got interested in the game and I happened to enrol in a chess summ ...

In 2022, he refused to defend his world title in classical chess, the longer form of the game, citing his displeasure over the format. Dommaraju Gukesh, 18, from India, now holds the title ...

For the first time in World Blitz Championship history, the open section has two champions after Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agreed to a draw after tiebreakers in the final with the ...