New research using chess960 shows that changing the starting layout can rebalance chess and alter how difficult early ...

About nine months ago Lenard Seawood started the Every Move Counts nonprofit startup to use the game of chess to help improve the lives of children in Stockton. When he was in the Army, stationed in ...

Paul Morphy was a 19th-century New Orleans chess prodigy who was the de facto world chess champion during much of his short life. He rarely lost when he played throughout Europe and the United States.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Across cultures and generations, the game of chess is a universal language. “Chess is a fight. We are warriors of the mind,” said Pierre, a 60-year-old chess player. “My ...

Decades ago, I invented an educational game that resembled our complicated legal system. Because of my experience with this game, I was excited by recent reports that chess has recently become ...

Ernest Levert Jr. (left) plays chess with Dua waNgure (right) at the Cooperative Chess Cultural Center in Columbus. The space is designed to be inclusive of all races, genders and ethnicities. It’s 4 ...

Games don’t make you smarter, but they can support your brain, regardless of your age. Different games sharpen different ...