The Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit follows a chess prodigy named Beth, played Anya Taylor-Joy, from her childhood in an orphanage through her spectacular career in chess. She learns in a basement ...

Every week, The Friendship Files features a conversation between The Atlantic’s Julie Beck and two or more friends, exploring the history and significance of their relationship. Judit Polgár, 43, a ...

Alexandra Botez was sitting in her apartment on a recent Friday in front of three computer monitors, a webcam and a microphone — and losing at chess. "This is not looking good, but this guy is not ...

The FIDE Social Commission is hosting an event called Social Chess Blitz Talks, a format built around short, powerful, chess-inspired stories. The Commission is bringing together inspiring individuals ...

When you need a couple of on-camera ambassadors for the game of chess, you won’t do better than the Botez sisters. Alexandra, 29, and Andrea, 23, have been playing since they were barely out of ...

PITTSBURGH--"The Queen's Gambit," the recent TV mini-series about a chess master, may have stirred increased interest in chess, but a word to the wise: social media talk about game-piece colors could ...

When it came to my attention that GZA, on the Melbourne arm of the Wu-Tang Clan’s Australian tour with Nas, would be playing a speed chess tournament in Fitzroy to celebrate the launch of local ...

“The Queen’s Gambit,” the recent TV mini-series about a chess master, may have stirred increased interest in chess, but a word to the wise: social media talk about game-piece colors could lead to ...