NPR's Robert Siegel talks with chess writer and grandmaster Andy Soltis about 11th World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer and the movie Pawn Sacrifice.

One has to be better than good to win at the World Chess Championship. One has to be nearly perfect. Fabiano Caruana, the world No. 2, was reminded of that toda… ...

Since 2013, the Bronx-based youth chess club, Project Pawn, has helped thousands of students in public schools find themselves through the game of chess. "We do want every kid to learn how to play ...

STRPCE/SHTERPCE, Kosovo - Chess players from the Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Serbian communities as well as Soldiers from Ukraine, Poland and the United States got together at a multi-ethnic chess ...

Both Blitzstein and Elkies are known to be terrific chess players. Blitzstein is ranked as an “Expert” by the US Chess Federation, placing him in the 98th percentile of tournament players.

In a move that will take him from comic book geeks to a whole new level of nerd, former superhero Tobey Maguire may take on the role of famous chess master Bobby Fischer in a project called Pawn ...

Writer-director Kabeer Khurana’s short film The Pawn of Marottichal tells the awe-inspiring tale of how the game of chess transforms an entire village in Thrissur, Kerala. Based on real-life ...