Last year, my son joined the middle school chess club and began using me, a total novice, as his sparring partner. In chess, a player can choose from one of 20 opening moves, including moving a knight ...

The 2021 World Chess Championship ended last week with Magnus Carlen of Norway, the world No. 1, defending his title against challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. It was Carlsen’s fifth victory in ...

Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members. Of ...

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Imagine a chessboard where the pieces move on their own, gliding across the squares with mechanical precision, as if guided by an invisible hand. It might sound like a scene from a futuristic movie, ...

Is there a link between chess and madness? It's a reasonable question, since the game has attracted more than its share of oddballs and troubled souls - some of them extremely troubled. It's also a ...

Netflix’s NFLX The Queen’s Gambit continued its winning streak over the Thanksgiving holiday to become the top viewed video on demand program. That’s according to Nielsen’s “Streaming Programs” Top 10 ...

The FIDE Women's Chess World Cup is among the most grueling of tournaments. It goes on for nearly a month and features more than 100 players, prodigies to world champions, across age and nationalities ...

The stereotype of the chess player is someone who is smart, logical and good at maths. This is why so many parents around the world are keen to get their children playing chess – in the hope that the ...

Netflix has just dropped a documentary perfect for viewers gripped by 2020 chess drama The Queen’s Gambit. Queen of Chess follows real-life chess champion and former child prodigy Judit Polgár, ...

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World Chess Plc is a holding company, which engages in the provision of commercial offerings of chess related projects. Its activities include tournaments, operation of the official online gaming ...