In a recent video with Chess Prodigy Hikaru “GMHikaru” Nakamura, Imane “Pokimane” Anys impressed the chess professional with her natural skills. Due to the popularity of the PogChamps Chess Tournament ...

What Burns found was that players' rankings at normal chess were remarkably accurate predictors of their rankings at blitz chess, especially among higher-ranked players. Among lower-ranked players, ...

Chess masters may ponder over a game for hours but research has found the best players usually spot winning moves straight away. A study of Australian, U.S. and Dutch players shows those who are best ...

Magnus Carlsen is considered one of the greatest chess players that ever lived. On May 20, Chess.com’s “Magnus vs. The World” event finally ended in a draw between Carlsen and his competitors.

(WXYZ) — The game of chess continues to grow in popularity, and amid huge growth before the COVID-19 pandemic, one group is looking to have that growth rebound as ...

A new way of playing chess that extends the normal chess rules devised by mathematics professor Mark Bates is ' Sovereign Chess 'is. The size of the board is four times the normal size, and 10 colored ...

LAist is always happy to know that sometimes, local pressure by hard-core chess enthusiasts can bring about change. As was the case with Glendale's brand new chess park (227 N. Brand Boulevard) which ...

BLOOMINGTON — The shelter-in-place order to slow the spread of the coronavirus will not stop McLean County chess players from competition. While over-the-board play has been suspended, the Bloomington ...

BERLIN — Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game. Billed as “Magnus Carlsen ...

FIDE vice president Nigel Short was in town on Sunday to conduct a coaching session for enthusiasts, and later in the evening played a simultaneous event with 26 select local players. Is Virat Kohli a ...

If you ask the people who know Fabiano Caruana what Fabiano Caruana is like, they will tell you that Fabiano Caruana is, you know, just a normal guy. He likes movies. He likes music. He likes to eat.

Chess is typically envisioned as a game of concentration and deliberation, a game not to be taken lightly and a game definitely not to be rushed. But some recent research suggests that it's ...