If a fervent chess player seeking a challenging game partner doesn’t happen to live in a major city such as St. Louis, Missouri, home of the World Chess Hall of Fame, the next best thing might be ...

We have seen a number of self-playing chess boards over the years, but the general theme has been standard chess pieces moved by either an internal electromagnet or an external robotic arm. This is, ...

As early as around the 6th century AD/CE, humans have been trying to conquer each other’s minds and tactics in a game that would become known as chess. Fast forward hundreds of years, and the timeless ...

Chess is having a moment. Driven partly by the cultural ripple of The Queen's Gambit and partly by a pandemic-era rediscovery of board games, the sport has seen explosive growth on platforms like ...