We had a chance to review the GoChess Lite, an electronic chess board designed to teach, compete, and bring a modern style to chess ...

Played for centuries, abstract games like chess has long been the abstract game of choice for millions of people worldwide. While none of us are going to be the next Garry Kasparov or Maurice Ashley, ...

One rare nonpolarizing event in 2020 was the release of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit.” The miniseries about orphaned, struggling chess prodigy Beth Harmon not only captivated audiences, but it also ...

Chess. MMOs. As far as games go, they're nothing alike. But what if they were? That's the central thesis of One Million Chessboards, the brainchild of a single developer where you and hundreds of ...

Back when we used to be able to casually visit other people in their homes, I’d sometimes come across a lovely little chess set sitting on a table or a shelf. Invariably it would be covered in dust, ...

Archaeologists in Russia have uncovered the remains of a roughly 6,000-year-old board game that could represent an ancestor of chess.