Organizers of Boston’s new Chess for Peace program are using one of history’s oldest board games to teach kids important life skills.

Bangkok's chess scene is a thriving mix of sharp strategy and easy camaraderie. On the same evening you might find a Grandmaster deep in a rated blitz game while, a table away, someone is learning ...

Team members said they improve as chess players by embracing humility, dedication and the joy of the game.

The Lion likens the Mahal to a chess board, emphasizing that alliances are fluid and strategy is paramount for survival.

The result is that it takes my opponents by complete surprise and creates total pandemonium in their minds. It freezes their ...

I used to consider myself a good chess player, capable of figuring things out, even thinking a few moves ahead, and having a strategy and a backup as well when I played more often with my dad, or the ...

Students at Robert Service School in Dawson City, Yukon, can now earn high school credits by playing chess. The chess program ...

Every four years, the world is reintroduced to the curious charms of curling thanks to the Winter Olympics. But in Central New York, curling is nothing new. People have been sliding stones on ice at ...

University, Mumbai, a State Public University, is hosting the prestigious West Zone Inter University Chess (Men’s) Championship 2025–26 under the aegis of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

The skill gap between a chess master and a casual player can be enormous, and it often shows within just a few moves. Masters recognize patterns instantly, develop pieces efficiently, and punish ...

Could a machine outthink the best human mind in the world? Thirty years ago that was still an open question, but a historic matchup between a chess grandmaster and an IBM supercomputer answered it. On ...

Lower dementia risk and live a better quality of life with an occasional round of Monopoly or chess with the family.